Thousands pay tribute to Holocaust victims in Auschwitz march

Thousands of people from around the world have paid tribute to the victims of the Holocaust with a sombre march from the barracks of Auschwitz to nearby Birkenau.

Organisers of the March Of The Living, held annually on Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day, said about 10,000 participated in the event in southern Poland, which was occupied by Nazi Germany during the Second World War.