The Torch of Commemoration is carried by Cadet Corporal Madison Grace, ahead of the Commonwealth War Grave Commission's Great Vigil at Bayeux War Cemetery, in Bayeux, Normandy, northwestern France, as part of the events to mark the 80th anniversary commemorations of Allied amphibious landing (D-Day Landings) in France in 1944, on June 5, 2024. Heads of state and veterans are due to mark the anniversary of D-Day on June 6, a date that was key to Allied Europe's eventual victory against the Nazis in World War II. (Photo by Aaron Chown / POOL / AFP)