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President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the Chernobyl exclusion zone and addresses Ukrainians to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster. The exclusion zone is a 30-kilometre (20-mile) radius around the nuclear power plant that was evacuated in the aftermath of an explosion and was deemed unsafe for humans to live for thousands of years. IMAGES
Legend and star of "Mary Poppins" Dick Van Dyke is on the red carpet at the AFI Film Fest 50 years after the initial release of the film and he can still sing and dance.
French President Emmanuel Macron is paying tribute to the heroism of members of the World War II Resistance based at a remote Alpine plateau who were attacked by the Nazi army and French collaborationist forces. Members of the resistance used the Vercors Plateau as a refuge after the occupation of France from 1940, receiving airdrops from the Allies and even occasional visits by British agents with the top-secret Special Operations Executive (SOE) unit. With 2024 marking 80 years since the penultimate year of World War II, Macron is making a series of high-profile commemorations to remember resistance heroes but also to note the role played by native French collaborationist militia (milice) in the German occupation. IMAGES
A night vigil is held at a ceremony in Kigali paying tribute to victims 30 years after the Rwandan genocide. The 100-day massacre at the hands of Hutu extremists started on April 7 in 1994 and claimed the lives of 800,000 people, largely Tutsis but also moderate Hutus. IMAGES
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and Algerian Consul General in Paris Said Moussi take part in commemorations of the 1961 massacre of Algerian protesters at a rally in Paris to protest a decision to impose a curfew solely on the country's French Algerian minority. IMAGES