Hayk Tonoyan is a camera operator for RFE/RL's Armenian Service in Yerevan.
U.S. actor Kevin Spacey was greeted with applause and a small protest at an Armenian film festival. Spacey was axed from TV and film productions in 2017 after sexual misconduct allegations emerged but has since been cleared of wrongdoing in court cases in the United States and United Kingdom.
People with buckets jumped into a fountain in the Armenian capital, pouring water on each other in celebration of the Vardavar tradition. A security forces' vehicle joined the party with its water cannons amid the hot summer day on July 7. Armenians date Vardavar back to pre-Christian times.
