72,396 small figures laid out in London to mark the WWI centenary

Shrouded figures forming part of British artist Rob Heard's piece of commemorative art 'Shrouds of the Somme' consisting of 72,396 shrouded figures are displayed after its completion to mark the upcoming centenary of the end of World War I, in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Each figure is a human form, individually shaped, shrouded and made to a name of the 72,396 missing British and Commonwealth servicemen who were killed fighting in the Somme area of France between July 1, 2016 and March 20, 1918 who have no known grave and whose names are engraved on the Thiepval Memorial in France. World War I ended on November 11, 1918. [Photo: AP/Matt Dunham]