In the US, relatives of victims of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center have gathered to pay tribute to their loved ones, ahead of the seventh anniversary of the attack.

On the eve of the seventh anniversary of the September 11  attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the annual  "Tribute in Lights" is tested in Manhattan as a moon rises  in the evening sky, seen from Hoboken, New Jersey,  September 10, 2008.REUTERS/Gary Hershorn (UNITED STATES)

The mourners also took part in a workshop. Using family pictures and letters, they created an online memorial. Officials in New York City also invited the public to write on steel beams that will be used to construct the National September 11th Memorial Museum.

Meanwhile, in Kabul, US forces held a memorial ceremony at Camp Eggers. Soldiers laid a floral wreath and observed a moment of silence in memory of the Nine-Eleven victims.

A short test of the 'Tribute in Light'  illuminates the sky over the World Trade  Center site Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008  in New York. The Tribute in Light will  be turned on for the evening of Thursday,  Sept. 11, in honor of those who lost  their lives seven years ago in the  terrorist attacks on the United States. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)