ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photo by Ami Vitale @amivitale | This month, the Rwandan people began a 100-day mourning period in honor of the 25th anniversary of the genocide that nearly tore their country apart, and made us all question our very humanity. On April 7, 1994, extremists from the Hutu ethnic majority sought to exterminate an entire minority group, the Tutsi. During a hundred days, they killed an estimated 800,000 people, mostly Tutsi but including Hutu moderates too. Ordinary citizens targeted neighbors, even relatives (intermarriage was not uncommon). Hutu and Tutsi shared a language, a culture, and strong Christian beliefs, in most cases. Even when Tutsi sought refuge in churches, they were massacred; certain priests and nuns took part. Despite intelligence provided before the killing began, and international news media coverage of the true scale of violence as the genocide unfolded, most Western countries including France, Belgium, and the United States declined to intervene or speak out against the planned massacres. After three months, a rebel force led by Tutsi exiles ousted the regime, halted the genocide, and took power. Here, a child holds a mushroom in a village in 2004, ten years after the genocide. Since the genocide, Rwandans have worked steadily to heal and renew themselves and their country, sewing seeds of hope for the future along the way. For more stories of hope and renewal, follow @amivitale. @thephotosociety #rwanda #rwandangenocide #healing」5月1日 9時18分