Armistice Day Remembrance Overshadowed by Ongoing Global Conflicts

Leaders express powerlessness as peace messages are drowned out by the reality of over 100 active conflicts worldwide

Armistice Day ceremonies were held globally, with somber bugles and bells marking the occasion from Australia to Western Europe's battlefields of World War I.
Despite the remembrance, the reality of over 100 active conflicts worldwide, including in Ukraine and Gaza, overshadowed the peace messages.
Benoit Mottrie, the head of the Last Post Association in Ypres, Belgium, expressed a sense of powerlessness that the lessons of the past cannot automatically translate into peace today.
While French President Emmanuel Macron was saluting French troops and honoring the eternal flame in Paris, war and destruction were ongoing in Gaza and Ukraine.
Despite the global conflicts, leaders emphasized the importance of remembering and paying respect to those who died for their countries, with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stating, 'Lest we forget, — It should not be forgotten.'