In Photos: Stunning Military Parades

Bucharest, Romania

Soldiers on the march on Romania’s National Day
Photograph: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Images

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Special force soldiers participate in a parade at the presidential palace to commemorate the country’s Independence Day
Photograph: Luc Gnago/Reuters

Kjasina, Bolivia

A civil-military display marking the founding of the Bolivian armed forces
Photograph: David Mercado/Reuters

 

Cap-Haïtien, Haiti

The armed forces march in Haiti’s second city
Photograph: Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters

Sandhurst, UK

Troops look on as the French president, Emmanuel Macron, meets the British prime minister, Theresa May, at Sandhurst’s Military Academy
Photograph: Hannah Mckay/Reuters