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Sep 10, 2021, 5 tweets

"Unforgettable": Remembering 9/11.

From Paris to Jerusalem to Hong Kong: everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing on 11 September, 2001. As the 20th anniversary of the attacks approaches, vendors at newspaper kiosks around the globe recall that fateful day

Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US that left nearly 3,000 people dead.

The Al-Qaeda plane hijackings were the first foreign attack on the US mainland in nearly two centuries

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#AFPgraphics 9/11 timeline

Divided and bruised America prepares to mark 20th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

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'Tribute in Light'

Light installations in Washington, DC and New York commemorate September 11, 2001 as the United States prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks

'America was very far away': How Afghans remember 9/11

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📸 Afghan children sit on top of a destroyed Russian military vehicle in Kabul, 28 September 2001

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