Easter Saturday and a ‘Silent Evening Wake’ lit by 500 candl
Russian Embassy, Andries Bickerweg. The Hague, The Netherlands. Saturday 16th April, 2022. Easter Saturday and a ‘Silent Evening Wake’ lit by 500 candles outside the Russian embassy in The Hague. Each day there is a continuous silent demonstration in front of the Russian embassy in The Hague, sometimes songs are sung. A large Ukrainian flag hangs in front all day. People from churches in The Hague gather there during their lunch break, between the hour 12.30 and 1 p.m. to commemorate the recently fallen in Ukraine. This evening, around a hundred protesters gathered outside the embassy, some with placards and a banner, and some draped in Ukraine’s national flag. They stood in silence, forming a circle around 500 lit candles, patterned in the shape of the land they left behind. Image: Around a hundred protesters with flags, banners and placards, gather in silence, facing 500 candles outside the Russian embassy, during this evening ‘Silent Evening Wake’ to those lost in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. © Charles M Vella/Alamy Live News/SOPA Images