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People attend an event marking the Day of Remembrance and Honor in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, May 9, 2021. In 1945, the Soviet Union designated May 9 as the Victory Day of the Great Patriotic War. After the proclamation of Uzbekistan's independence, May 9 was renamed as The Day of Remembrance and Honor. During the WWII, nearly 2 million people in Uzbekistan took up arms and rushed to the anti-fascism battlefield. More than 500,000 people died and more than 150,000 went missing in the war. (Photo by Zafar Khalilov/Xinhua)
