RWANDA-MUSANZE-GORILLA-NAMING CEREMONY

(230903) -- MUSANZE, Sept. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda's First Lady Jeannette Kagame (R) greets Clare Akamanzi, chief executive officer of the Rwanda Development Board, at the 19th gorilla naming ceremony in Musanze, Rwanda, Sept. 1, 2023. Rwandan officials pledged to sustain the progress made in nature conservation during the annual gorilla naming ceremony on Friday. Prominent personalities gathered at the foothills of Volcanoes National Park in northern Rwanda for the 19th edition of the ceremony locally known as Kwita Izina, where 23 baby gorillas born within the last 12 months were given names. (Photo by Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua)