The centre of Inverness fell silent yesterday as residents marked Armistice Day.
There was a two-minute silence across the city as the wartime fallen were remembered.
The event commemorates the end of hostilities on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 – signalling the end of World War I.
Shoppers yesterday joined a ceremony in front of the city’s Town House at 11am and watched the colour party formed by the Royal British Legion Scotland’s Inverness branch lower their standards as a mark of respect.
The ceremony was attended by local councillors and schoolchildren, with a poignant speech being delivered by Inverness Provost, Alex Graham.
The Highland Council’s north planning applications committee also fell silent during their meeting Inverness.
Elsewhere, the Highlanders’ Museum at Fort George welcomed pupils from an Inverness-shire school yesterday to learn about the history of World War I.
Primary pupils at Cawdor Primary School have been studying World War I in the classroom, and yesterday they learned about the origins and meaning of the poppy symbol before making their own to add to the museum’s own “poppy field”.
They were also exploring the World War I galleries and handled some real artefacts, as well as investigating Fort George to grasp what it was like for new recruits there exactly 100 years ago.
The pupils also took part in a two-minute silence at 11am.
Lynsey Easton, museum education officer, said: “November 11 is always a poignant day as we remember those who lost their lives in conflict. This year is even more so as we have reached the centenary of the outbreak of World War I.
“It is so important for children and young people to learn about and continue to remember those who lost their lives in the conflict.”
A further Remembrance service will be held at 2pm on Sunday at the Polish Monument in Invergordon.