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How the world is marking Holocaust Memorial Day and 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

Auschwitz survivors paying their respects in Poland © Getty

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, which this year also marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. We commemorate with a look at how the world is memorialising the Holocaust.

Austrian Embassy London

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HMD Anish Kapoor candle © Jillian Edelstein

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HMD foreign commonwealth office

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