Thousands of people and several world leaders gathered Friday in Armenia to mark the 100th anniversary of the World War I killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. There were also rallies and remembrances in other countries around the globe.
Remembering Armenian Massacre Victims
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Armenians kiss the icon with canonized victims of massacres in in Echmiadzin, the religious center of the Armenian Church outside the capital Yerevan, Armenia, April 23, 2015.
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The remains of Armenians are seen at the Armenian Martyrs memorial at the Saint Stephano church on the eve of the 100-year anniversary of the Armenians massacred by Ottoman forces a century ago, in the Armenian Orthodox Archdeocese of Antelias, north of Beirut, Lebanon, April 23, 2015.