BBC A crowd of people are walking. Michelle O'Neill and Emma Little Penngelly are standing next to each other. Tracy Kelly is wearing her official robes as mayor. BBC

Belfast Lord Mayor Tracy Kelly and the first and deputy first ministers attended the event at City Hall

Events and services have been taking place across cities, towns and villages across Northern Ireland to mark Remembrance Sunday.

Belfast’s ceremony began with a two-minute silence at 11:00 GMT and Belfast Lord Mayor Tracy Kelly laid a wreath on behalf of the city’ citizens.

Michelle O’Neill attended the event and laid a laurel wreath at the Cenotaph at Belfast City Hall in her role as first minister for the second year in a row.

Last year she became the first senior Sinn Féin figure to take part in an official Remembrance Sunday ceremony.

Remembrance Sunday at Belfast City Hall.

O’Neill attended the event for the second year in her capacity as first minister

Writing on social media, O’Neill said she had “made a commitment to be a First Minister for all and I am fully committed to delivering on that promise”.

She said she attend the event to “remember all those who lost their lives during the First World War and in subsequent conflicts”.

Deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly also laid a wreath as did Irish government minister Helen McEntee.

Emma Little Pengelly is holding a poppy wreath. Her head is bent. Crowds of people are watching.

Deputy First Minister Emma Little Pengelly also laid a wreath at Belfast City Hall

‘Autumn sunshine’ as politicians pay their respects

At the scene: Catherine Morrison, BBC News NI

Hundreds of people stood in the autumn sunshine waiting for the ceremony to begin.

The two minute silence was observed and then politicians, dignitaries and military personnel began the wreath laying at the cenotaph.

There was no sign of any protest or controversy at the First Minister’s decision to take part in the ceremony.

PA Media Gavin Robinson is holding a wreath made out of poppies. He's dresses in black and walking through a road with other people.PA Media

DUP Leader Gavin Robinson is in London at the National Service of Remembrance

DUP Leader Gavin Robinson is in London at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph to lay a wreath at the monument in central London as part of the service to remember those who died in conflict.

King Charles III led a two-minute silence at the service and also laid a wreath.

He was joined by other senior royals and political leaders, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch at the ceremony.

RTE The Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin RTE

Martin laid a wreath at the war memorial in Enniskillen during the Remembrance Sunday ceremony

RTÉ Poppy wreaths were laid in Enniskillen RTÉ

Poppy wreaths were laid in Enniskillen

On Thursday the Justice Minister Naomi Long today attended the Northern Ireland Prison Service Annual Memorial Service at the Memorial Garden at Hydebank Wood to remember officers who lost their lives in the course of duty.