In Pictures: World Pipe Band Championships 2024

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The 2024 World Pipe Band champions have been crowned after two days of competition in Glasgow.

Inveraray and District triumphed ahead of Field Marshall Montgomery from Northern Ireland and Canada's Simon Fraser University.

It is the third time that the Argyll and Bute pipe band have won the coveted title, following previous successes in 2017 and 2019.

More than 40,000 people enjoyed the spectacle, which featured over 7,000 pipers and drummers from 204 bands.

Back of a female tenor drummers head. She is wearing a navy waistcoat and a red kilt. She is twirling tenor sticks in the air.
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Groups of pipers wearing kilts standing next to young girls smiling as she also wears a kilt.
This young girl looks happy to be dressed in her full kilt [Getty Images]
Celebrating his first birthday, one-year-old Nicholas Bellia from Canada plays with his father's drum
Celebrating his first birthday, one-year-old Nicholas Bellia from Canada plays with his father's drum [Getty Images]
A young boy dressed as a piper blowing into mini bagpipes
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Three members The Royal Army of Oman Pipes and Drums practise., They are wearing red jackets and glengarry's. The man in the centre is holding a drum majors baton.
The Royal Army of Oman Pipes and Drums were one of 204 bands taking part [Getty Images]
Pipers compete while people hold umbrellas over their heads
Light showers didn't stop the action [Getty Images]
Drummers sternly looks off in the distance during competition
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Female pipers fixes the hat of a male pipers as he blows in the bagpipes.
This piper has some finishing touches added before he competes [Getty Images]
Pipe band members wearing dark blue kilts compete
119 bands from Scotland took part in the competition [Getty Images]

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