Thousands mark Gallipoli landing

As dawn broke today across the Aegean Sea, more than 10,000 Australians, New Zealanders and Turks gathered to sing hymns and pray for those lost in the First World War battle of Gallipoli, making the trip despite security concerns.

Every year, thousands of tourists mainly from Australia and New Zealand travel to the battlefields on the Gallipoli Peninsula to mark ANZAC Day – the anniversary of the start of the battle that cost hundreds of thousands of lives.