people attend 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)