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A Ukrainian Interior Ministry serviceman collects unexploded shells, grenades and mines, following fierce fighting in Hostomel. AP
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A sign that reads 'Children' is fixed on to a car windscreen riddled with bulletholes in Irpin, Ukraine. AFP
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A woman weeps next to her husband's coffin at a cemetery in Irpin. AFP
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Residents walk amid debris of a charred Russian tank next to destroyed houses in the village of Zalissya. AFP
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Volunteers distribute food to residents in Zalissya. AFP
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A man walks past a damaged apartment building in the southern port city of Mariupol. Reuters
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Tamara, 71, cries in front of a destroyed apartment building in Mariupol. Reuters
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Local residents push a cart with a child past destroyed buildings in Mariupol. Reuters
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A record player sits among debris inside an apartment in Mariupol. Reuters
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Residents carry belongings past a destroyed building in Mariupol. Reuters
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Security guards help an injured man following a Russian bombing of a factory in Kramatorsk. AP
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A man receives first aid treatment. AP
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Soldiers collect explosives after recent battles in the village of Moshchun, close to Kyiv. AP
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The Komodor logistics park lies in ruins after being bombed and burnt during the Russian invasion near Makarov. Getty Images
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A room in a kindergarten stands windowless in Makarov. Getty Images
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A vehicle draped with a Ukrainian flag passes over a war-damaged bridge in Makarov. Getty Images
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A man sits in a basement that was used as a bomb shelter in the village of Kukhari. EPA
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Local residents clean the area around a destroyed farm in Kukhari. EPA
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Nadia looks at her husband's coffin at a cemetery in Bucha. He was killed during the war. AFP
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Mangled buildings in Irpin point to the ravages of the ongoing war. Getty Images
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A burnt apartment tower in Irpin. Getty Images
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Family members grieve during the funeral of Ruslan Nechyporenko, 47, in Bucha. Getty Images
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An abandoned Russian military position in Borodyanka town near Kyiv. EPA
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Heavily pregnant Dr Marta Kopan, who fled Kyiv with her husband Dr Maxim Motsya and their three-year-old son Makar, narrates their ordeal at a relative's place in Lviv. AP
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A Ukrainian officer searches for unexploded explosives as he passes by an Antonov An-225, the world's biggest cargo aircraft, destroyed during the war on the outskirts of Kyiv. AP
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A woman stands amid the destruction caused when a civilian building was hit by a Russian missile in Lviv, western Ukraine. Getty Images
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Ukrainian soldiers on an armoured personnel carrier, near the front line with Russian troops, in Izyum district, Kharkiv region, north-eastern Ukraine. AFP
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Ukrainian refugees arrive at the Siret border crossing between Romania and Ukraine. AFP
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Ukranian soldiers in a trench look out across the front line near Kharkiv. AFP
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Cars destroyed in Russian attacks, in Irpin, near Kyiv. The scene of fierce fighting, the town was occupied by Russian forces. Reuters
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Damaged and destroyed vehicles at Illich Iron and Steel Works Metallurgical Plant, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatists in besieged south-eastern city Mariupol. AP
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Russian military vehicles in an area controlled by Moscow-backed separatists near Mariupol. AP
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An elderly woman waits do be evacuated from a hospice in Chasiv Yar city, in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. At least 35 residents have been helped to flee from the region that has been under attack for weeks. AP
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A Ukrainian Interior Ministry serviceman collects unexploded shells, grenades and mines, following fierce fighting in Hostomel. AP
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A sign that reads 'Children' is fixed on to a car windscreen riddled with bulletholes in Irpin, Ukraine. AFP
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A woman weeps next to her husband's coffin at a cemetery in Irpin. AFP
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Residents walk amid debris of a charred Russian tank next to destroyed houses in the village of Zalissya. AFP
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Volunteers distribute food to residents in Zalissya. AFP
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A man walks past a damaged apartment building in the southern port city of Mariupol. Reuters
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Tamara, 71, cries in front of a destroyed apartment building in Mariupol. Reuters
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Local residents push a cart with a child past destroyed buildings in Mariupol. Reuters
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A record player sits among debris inside an apartment in Mariupol. Reuters
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Residents carry belongings past a destroyed building in Mariupol. Reuters
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Security guards help an injured man following a Russian bombing of a factory in Kramatorsk. AP
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A man receives first aid treatment. AP
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Soldiers collect explosives after recent battles in the village of Moshchun, close to Kyiv. AP
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The Komodor logistics park lies in ruins after being bombed and burnt during the Russian invasion near Makarov. Getty Images
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A room in a kindergarten stands windowless in Makarov. Getty Images
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A vehicle draped with a Ukrainian flag passes over a war-damaged bridge in Makarov. Getty Images
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A man sits in a basement that was used as a bomb shelter in the village of Kukhari. EPA
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Local residents clean the area around a destroyed farm in Kukhari. EPA
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Nadia looks at her husband's coffin at a cemetery in Bucha. He was killed during the war. AFP
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Mangled buildings in Irpin point to the ravages of the ongoing war. Getty Images
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A burnt apartment tower in Irpin. Getty Images
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Family members grieve during the funeral of Ruslan Nechyporenko, 47, in Bucha. Getty Images
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An abandoned Russian military position in Borodyanka town near Kyiv. EPA
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Heavily pregnant Dr Marta Kopan, who fled Kyiv with her husband Dr Maxim Motsya and their three-year-old son Makar, narrates their ordeal at a relative's place in Lviv. AP
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A Ukrainian officer searches for unexploded explosives as he passes by an Antonov An-225, the world's biggest cargo aircraft, destroyed during the war on the outskirts of Kyiv. AP
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A woman stands amid the destruction caused when a civilian building was hit by a Russian missile in Lviv, western Ukraine. Getty Images
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Ukrainian soldiers on an armoured personnel carrier, near the front line with Russian troops, in Izyum district, Kharkiv region, north-eastern Ukraine. AFP
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Ukrainian refugees arrive at the Siret border crossing between Romania and Ukraine. AFP
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Ukranian soldiers in a trench look out across the front line near Kharkiv. AFP
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Cars destroyed in Russian attacks, in Irpin, near Kyiv. The scene of fierce fighting, the town was occupied by Russian forces. Reuters
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Damaged and destroyed vehicles at Illich Iron and Steel Works Metallurgical Plant, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatists in besieged south-eastern city Mariupol. AP
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Russian military vehicles in an area controlled by Moscow-backed separatists near Mariupol. AP
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An elderly woman waits do be evacuated from a hospice in Chasiv Yar city, in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. At least 35 residents have been helped to flee from the region that has been under attack for weeks. AP
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A Ukrainian Interior Ministry serviceman collects unexploded shells, grenades and mines, following fierce fighting in Hostomel. AP
IMF lowers global growth projections as Ukraine-Russia war dents economic prospects
The fund expects inflation to reach 5.7% in advanced economies and 8.7% in emerging market and developing states amid surging prices of commodities
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Sarmad Khan
19 April, 2022
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