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Makeshift shelters -

A subway station in Kyiv became a bomb shelter for thousands of people during a rocket attack.

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Abandoning homes -

Thousands of residents of Irpin, Ukraine, were forced to abandon their homes and evacuate as Russian troops bombed the peaceful city.

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Leaving on foot -

Ukrainian families are forced to flee the war by foot across the Hungarian border.

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Tearful goodbyes -

A man bids a tearful goodbye to his wife who is fleeing the Russian aggression along with other refugees at the Ukrainian-Slovak border.

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No place for children -

A kindergarten after being shelled in the settlement of Stanytsia Luhanska in Ukraine.

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The weight of a hug -

A refugee woman hugs a child at a temporary camp in Przemysl, Poland.

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Taste of freedom -

A woman cries as she flees the country with her children, at the border crossing in Siret, Romania.

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Up in flames -

A local woman stands next to her house, still on fire, following recent shelling, in Donetsk, Ukraine.

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No one gets left behind -

A woman carries her cat as she flees Ukraine during the conflict.

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A horrible site -

A woman reacts to a residential building damaged  by shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, on February 28, 2022.

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Missile damage -

A senior resident checks the damage in her apartment after her block in Kyiv was hit by a missile strike.

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Metro moment -

A couple are pictured in a metro station used as a bomb shelter in Kyiv on March 2, 2022.

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Innocence gone -

A boy plays on a swing in front of a severely damaged residential block in Kyiv.

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A home(s) destroyed -

Local residents are pictured outside a destroyed building after bombings on the town of Chuguiv, Ukraine.

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A shock for all involved -

A refugee woman holds her dog at a temporary camp in Przemysl, Poland, on February 28, 2022.

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Up in smoke -

A woman stands as black smoke can be seen coming from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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Broken dreams -

A woman is seen through the broken window of her house in Yasynuvata, Ukraine, on February 24, 2022.

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New, harsh beginnings -

A father holds his newborn child in the basement floor of a maternity hospital converted to medical ward in Kyiv.

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Refugees -

Reugees Helena (right) and her brother Bodia (left) from Lviv, Ukraine, are pictured sitting at the Medyka pedestrian border crossing, in Poland.

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Empty shelves, empty selves -

A woman looks on at empty shelves in a Kyiv shop on February 28, 2022.

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Bittersweet -

A woman cries after fleeing Ukraine and crossing the border to Romania, on February 28, 2022.

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The aftermath -

The owners of a shop assess the damage after a blast targeted a TV tower nearby, in Kyiv.

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Heartbroken -

A child is seen looking out of a window of a train next to a heart symbol before leaving Donetsk, Ukraine.

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Waiting game -

A Ukrainian family waits at a train station in Lviv, trying to board a train to Poland.

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The newest generation -

Pregnant women and newborn babies and seen on makeshift beds in the basement floor of a hospital in Kyiv, on March 2, 2022.

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A mother's worries -

A woman holds her child at Lviv central train station in Ukraine on February 26, 2022.

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War and wards -

A mother checks on her baby, who is being treated in the bomb shelter of the pediatric ward of Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv.

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A hug's worth -

People hug outside a metro station in Kyiv on the morning of February 24, 2022.

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Inconceivable -

The body of a rocket can be seen stuck in an apartment after shelling on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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Just getting by -

A woman checks her phone and tries to stay warm at a temporary camp in Przemysl, Poland.

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Trainspotting -

People wait to board an evacuation train from Kyiv to Lviv at Kyiv central train on March 1, 2022.

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Border bound -

Ukrainian refugees are pictured on a cold day at the border checkpoint in Medyka, Poland.

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Shook by sirens -

People take cover as an air-raid siren sounds in Kyiv, on February 26, 2022.

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