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WARNING: A few of the pictures beneath are graphic and present victims of the genocide.
On April 7, 1994, probably the most tragic occasions in trendy historical past started: the Rwandan Genocide.
100 days of immense bloodbath during which an estimated 800,000-1,000,000 individuals had been killed.
Rwandans had been pitted towards Rwandans, Hutu towards Tutsi, neighbor towards neighbor, and in some instances member of the family towards member of the family.
From grandmothers to infants, nobody was spared – all despatched to the following world by machete, machine gun or hand grenade.
Thirty years in the past, Jacques Picon was one of many first worldwide photographers to doc the genocide.
He displays on the journey he took after being hit by the genocide, how abnormal Rwandans are discovering therapeutic and forgiveness, and the recollections that also hang-out him at the moment.