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Wednesday, 7 April 2004, 13:59 GMT 14:59 UK

In pictures: Rwanda remembers

President Paul Kagame trying to control his emotions at the national monument in Kigali

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Sombre ceremonies took place in Rwanda on Wednesday to remember the victims of genocide - 10 years to the day the massacres began.

Symbolic reburial of genocide victims

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Commemorations started with the inauguration of a new memorial in the capital Kigali, where several recently exhumed bodies were symbolically re-buried.

South African President Thabo Mbeki at the inauguration

South African President Thabo Mbeki at the inauguration

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Several foreign heads of state and government, mostly from Africa, attended the ceremonies. Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt was the only Western leader present.

A flame burns in memory of the genocide victims at Gisozi, Kigali

A flame burns in memory of the genocide victims at Gisozi, Kigali

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Rwanda's president lit a flame that will burn for 100 days at the new national memorial centre.

People searching for bones in a mass grave

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Today's ceremonies mark the beginning of a week of mourning for the 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus killed over the course of 100 days in 1994.

A Belgian soldier and the son of one of the 10 Belgian servicemen killed in the genocide look closely at a monument.

A Belgian soldier and the son of one of the 10 Belgian servicemen killed in the genocide look closely at a monument.

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A new monument to the 10 Belgian peacekeepers killed at the start of the massacres is also being unveiled.

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