The Gallipoli peninsula has been eerily deserted for a second straight year on the eve of Anzac Day as Turkey suffers a coronavirus spike and Australians are banned from overseas travel.
Sunday marks the 106th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli, a campaign which ultimately cost more than 8,700 Australian lives during World War I.
The sacred shores of Anzac Cove were traditionally packed with hundreds of Australians and New Zealand paying their respects at the annual Anzac Day dawn service until the coronavirus pandemic hit 2020.
While many dawn services and marches across Australia went ahead on Sunday for the first time since 2019, the traditional Gallipoli commemoration remains off limits.