Chernobyl victims commemorated in Europe

A man lays flowers at a memorial dedicated to firefighters who died from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, during a night service near the Chernobyl plant in the city of Slavutych, some 200 km (124 miles) north of Kiev April 26, 2010. Ukraine on Monday marked the 24th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear tragedy when Chernobyl's reactor No. 4 exploded, sending radioactive clouds in the air, poisoning vast areas in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, and contaminating much of Europe. [Agencies]