Poland's President Andrzej Duda lays a wreath at the monument on the site of the former hospital, which was first destroyed as a result of the Nazi bombing on September 1, 1939, following the ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the start of World War II in Wielun early on September 1, 2024. The Nazi bombing raid of a city of Wielun in the early hours of September 1, 1939 is considered to be the first major act of World War II. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP)