Red Dress Day

Red dresses are seen during an event to commemorate missing and murdered indigenous women and girls outside the City Hall in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on May 5, 2022. May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada, also known as Red Dress Day.

(Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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