China celebrates end of WWII
Celebrations have begun in China's as the country marks the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II.
The president oversaw the military ceremony, riding in a black car past thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks and missiles ahead of a parade through Tiananmen Square.
This comes a day after the Japan's army surrendered to Allied forces in 1945. About 20-million Chinese soldiers died between 1937 and 1945.
President Xi Jinping has described the eight-year conflict as "a decisive battle between justice and evil, between light and darkness".
Russia's President Vladimir Putin was prominently in attendance.
See photos of celebrations below.
(File photo: Getty Images)