Photos show Europeans marking Ukraine’s Independence Day

Ukrainian women help hold a giant national flag before marching down Liberdade Avenue in Lisbon in a demonstration to mark Ukraine's Independence Day, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Ukrainian women help hold a giant national flag before marching down Liberdade Avenue in Lisbon in a demonstration to mark Ukraine's Independence Day, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
People visit the memorial wall of fallen defenders of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
People visit the memorial wall of fallen defenders of Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
A Ukrainian soldier cries after returning from captivity following a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo)
A Ukrainian soldier cries after returning from captivity following a POWs exchange between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo)
A girl stands in front of a Romanian flag during a a gathering of people to mark Ukraine's Independence Day at central Syntagma square, in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
A girl stands in front of a Romanian flag during a a gathering of people to mark Ukraine's Independence Day at central Syntagma square, in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
People march down Liberdade Avenue in Lisbon carrying a giant Ukrainian flag during a demonstration to mark Ukraine's Independence Day, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
People march down Liberdade Avenue in Lisbon carrying a giant Ukrainian flag during a demonstration to mark Ukraine's Independence Day, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
People hold signs at Warsaw's Castle Square to mark Ukraine's Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People hold signs at Warsaw's Castle Square to mark Ukraine's Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People take part in a gathering to mark Ukraine's Independence Day at central Syntagma square, in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
People take part in a gathering to mark Ukraine's Independence Day at central Syntagma square, in Athens, Greece, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
People gather to celebrate the Ukraine's Independence Day at Castle Square in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People gather to celebrate the Ukraine's Independence Day at Castle Square in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
People attend a demonstration to mark Ukraine's Independence Day in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
People attend a demonstration to mark Ukraine's Independence Day in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
A man takes a photo of the Eiffel Tower illuminated with the colours of Ukraine in honor of it's Independence Day, in Paris, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
A man takes a photo of the Eiffel Tower illuminated with the colours of Ukraine in honor of it's Independence Day, in Paris, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Ukraine marked Independence Day, commemorating its 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

Pope Leo XIV prayed for peace in Ukraine as he marked the country’s Independence Day with a special appeal during his weekly noon blessing.

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