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A view shows the new war memorial at Notre Dame de Lorette, an elliptical ring engraved with the names of the 580,000 men who died in northern France during the First World War, in Ablain-Saint-Nazaire November 5, 2014. The memorial, paying respect to fighters of all nationalities who perished in this land between 1914 and 1918, is on the edge of the Notre-Dame de Lorette French war cemetery, itself containing the bodies of over 40,000 soldiers. Designed by the architect Philippe Prost, the “Ring of Memory” will be inaugurated on Armistice Day on November 11 by French President, in the presence of dignitaries from other countries involved in the conflict. The year 2014 marks the centennial commemoration for the soldiers who fought in the First World War (WWI). (Photo by Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)
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