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People lay flowers to pay tribute to martyrs during 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)
