The event highlights Rwanda's role in the conservation of critically endangered mountain gorillas, tourism and economic development in the country. (Video via Jason Tester Guerilla Fuentes / CC BY ND 2.0)

The World Wildlife Fund estimates there are nearly 900 mountain gorillas left in the world, but the species has seen a slow population increase in recent years.

Rwanda plans to conduct a mountain gorilla census this year to determine the current size of the mountain gorilla population.

This video includes images from Kwita Izina (Rwanda's Gorilla Naming Ceremony) / CC BY ND 2.0 and video from Jason Tester Guerilla Fuentes / CC BY ND 2.0.

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