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Aurora Prize 2018: Backstage


Photo: Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Photo: Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Photo: Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Photo: Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Photo: Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Photo: Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Photo: Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Photo: Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Photo: Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Photo: Aurora Humanitarian Initiative

Photo: Aurora Humanitarian Initiative


The third Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity was held in Armenia on June 8-10. Mediamax in cooperation with Aurora Humanitarian Initiatives has collected a range of backstage photos from this year’s ceremony.

 

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The second part of the Aurora Prize 2018 trilogy took place in the early morning of June 10, nearby Khor Virap monastery complex. The attendees started arriving at 3 a.m., including Ruben Vardanyan’s son David.

 

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Member of Aurora Prize Selection Committee, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson is pictured attending the sunrise ceremony along with other guests and watching Mount Ararat emerge from darkness at dawn.

 

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The sunrise ceremony in Khor Virap was Ruben Vardanyan’s idea.

 

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The three Aurora Prize 2018 finalists are photographed during their visit to the Blue Mosque in Yerevan.

 

 

 

Nasima, the spouse of Aurora Prize 2017 Laureate Tom Catena, learned to bake lavash in Tatev.

 

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Member of Aurora Prize Selection Committee, former UK Secretary of State for Health Lord Ara Darzi became Honorary Doctor of Yerevan Medical University. 

 

 

 

Aurora Prize 2017 Laureate Tom Catena and the Armenian doctors who substituted him in Sudan last year took a tour around Yerevan Brandy Company.

 

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Aurora initiative cofounder Vartan Gregorian is signing in “Chronicles of Aurora” at Matenadaran.

 

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Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Powers is taking a picture at the Armenian Genocide Museum.

 

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During the visit to Armenia, Samantha Powers expressed her regret over the fact that Barack Obama’s administration failed to recognize the Armenian Genocide.

 

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A professional dance ensemble is performing at dawn in Khor Virap, joined by Aurora Prize guests and cofounders Ruben Vardanyan and Noubar Afeyan.

 

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Many of the attendees of the sunrise ceremony received personalized sprouts of vine.

 

Photos: Aurora Humanitarian Initiative 

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