People attend a ceremony to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 2004 hostage-taking at the Beslan school, on the grounds of the Church of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Saint Petersburg on September 3, 2024. More than 330 hostages had been killed during the attack by pro-Chechen rebels, 186 of them were children, and about 750 people were injured. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP Photo)
