People lay flowers as they attend the commemorative ceremony marking the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the Armenian Genocide Memorial complex in Yerevan, Armenia, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Armenians marked the anniversary of the death of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks, an event widely viewed by scholars as genocide, though Turkey refutes the claim. (Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via AP)