On April 7, Rwanda marked 25 years since the horrific genocide that engulfed the country in 1994. Back then, ethnic Hutu extremists killed ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus. During a three-month period, Rwanda suffered a massive killing spree, resulting in the deaths of more than one million people. The carnage that befell Rwanda was one of the worst genocides of modern history.
Rwanda mourns victims of genocide, 25 years on
It was one of the worst genocides of modern history
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The Rwandan genocide was a mass slaughter of Tutsi in Rwanda during the Rwandan Civil War. It was directed by members of the Hutu majority government during the 100-day period from April 7 to July 15, 1994
© AP Photo/Ben Curtis Family photographs of some of those who died hanging on display in an exhibition at the Kigali Genocide Memorial centre in the capital Kigali, Rwanda
© AP Photo/Ben Curtis Piles of clothes belonging to some of those who were slaughtered as a memorial to the thousands who were killed during the 1994 genocide in and around the Catholic church in Nyamata, Rwanda
© AP Photo/Ben Curtis Genocide survivor Laurencia Mukalemera, a Tutsi, is offered a cup of water by Tasian Nkundiye, a Hutu who murdered her husband and spent eight years in prison for the killing and other crimes, are seen at Nkundiye's home in the reconciliation village of Mbyo, Rwanda
© AP Photo/Ben Curtis Twenty-five years after the genocide the country has six "reconciliation villages" where convicted perpetrators who have been released from prison after publicly apologizing for their crimes live side by side with genocide survivors who have professed forgiveness. Photo: children of genocide survivors and perpetrators playing together in the reconciliation village of Mbyo, Rwanda
© AP Photo/Ben Curtis The clothes of children who were killed as they sought refuge inside the church during the 1994 genocide, being displayed at a memorial site next to Nyarubuye Catholic church in Nyarubuye, Rwanda
© EPA-EFE/DAI KUROKAWA The belongings of some of those who were slaughtered are preserved in glass cases as a memorial to the thousands who were killed in and around the Catholic church during the 1994 genocide, inside the church in Ntarama, Rwanda
© AP Photo/Ben Curtis The names of those who were slaughtered are written on a memorial to the thousands who were killed during the 1994 genocide, outside the church in Ntarama, Rwanda
© AP Photo/Ben Curtis A man looking at caskets containing the remains of the victims of the 1994 genocide in Ntarama, Rwanda
© EPA-EFE/DAI KUROKAWA Rwandans sitting in the stands holding candles as part of a candlelit vigil during a memorial service in Kigali, Rwanda
© AP Photo/Ben Curtis People at the commemoration event for the victims of the 1994 genocide at Amahoro stadium in Kigali, Rwanda
© EPA-EFE/DAI KUROKAWA Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, Rwanda's First Lady Jeannette Kagame and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, lighting the flame of remembrance at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda
© AP Photo/Ben Curtis