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Viewfinder: Commemorating the Violent End of Ukraine's Revolution

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Feb 21, 2019

An activist pays tribute at a memorial for the more than 100 Maidan activists who were killed during the 2014 Ukranian revolution, at a memorial event near Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on February 20th, 2019. Ukraine is marking the fifth anniversary of the bloody end to the revolution that ousted Russian-backed president Viktor Yanukovych between February 18th and February 20th, 2014.
(Photo: Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images)

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The Reverend Canon Dr. Chris Collingwood, York Minster's Canon Chancellor, lights some of the 600 candles in the form of the Star of David set out on the floor during an event to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day in the Chapter House at York Minster on January 24th, 2019, in York, England. The ceremony in the minster is one of many international events for Holocaust Memorial Day, held on January 27th. This date marks the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1945. The international theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2019 is "Torn From Home," which encourages people to reflect on how the enforced loss of a safe place to call home is part of the trauma faced by anyone experiencing persecution and genocide. This year also marks the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, which began in April of 1994, and the 40th anniversary of the end of the Cambodian genocide, which ended in 1979.

Six hundred candles in the form of the Star of David are set out on the floor during an event to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day in the Chapter House at York Minster on January 24th, 2019, in York, England.

At a commemoration ceremony during the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, in which 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed over a 100-day period, people hold candles at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Rwanda, on April 7th, 2019.

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Rwandans hold candles at a commemoration ceremony during the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.

Katya Ganiyeva tends to her daughter Alisa Ganiyeva, age six, who is about to receive a measles vaccine shot from nurse Mariana Gonchara at a health clinic on May 15th, 2019, in Kiev, Ukraine. Ukraine is struggling with its largest measles outbreak in decades, with more than 34,000 confirmed cases so far this year, according to the World Health Organization.

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A woman tends to her daughter, age six, who is about to receive a measles vaccine shot at a health clinic on May 15th, 2019, in Kiev, Ukraine.

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A mass march takes place in Kiev, Ukraine, on January 29th, 2018, to mark the 100th anniversary of a battle near the the small Ukrainian city of Kruty.

Ashley Schuck of Nevada places a medal from Saturday's Vegas Strong 5k on a cross set up for shooting victim Neysa Tonks on October 1st, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Retired carpenter Greg Zanis, who installed 58 crosses last year—one for each person killed—set up the memorial again with new crosses for the massacre's anniversary. On October 1st, 2017, Stephen Paddock opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival, killing 58 people and injuring more than 800 in the deadliest mass shooting event in modern United States history.

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Retired carpenter Greg Zanis, who installed 58 crosses last year—one for each person killed—set up the memorial again with new crosses for the massacre's anniversary.

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Youth protest during the seventh annual Brussels youth climate march on February 21st, 2019, in Brussels, Belgium.

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