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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
Taiwan holds candle light vigil in Taipei on the 34th anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen Square crackdown. 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
French President Emmanuel Macron takes part in commemorations of the massacre by Paris police of protesters at a rally 60 years ago against France's rule in its then-colony Algeria. In a statement from the Élysée Palace, the head of state condemned as "inexcusable" the "crimes" that were committed on the night of October 17, 1961, under the command of the notorious Paris police chief Maurice Papon. IMAGES
Images of Victoria park in central Hong Kong, which is empty for the first time in 32 years on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown IMAGES
People gather outside Chinese Consulate General in Sydney, holding candles and placards to commemorate anniversary of Beijing's deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. IMAGES
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