Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, centre, surrounded by ambassadors of different countries and UN officials, visits a port as grain is loaded on to a Turkish ship, close to Odesa. AP
A Turkish Polarnet cargo ship is loaded with Ukrainian grain. AP
A security officer stands next to the ship 'Navi-Star' which sits full of grain as it waits to sail from Odesa. AP
Mr Zelenskyy, centre, at the port. AP
The first shipment of Ukrainian grain left the port of Odesa, bound for Tripoli in Lebanon, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said. AP
An ear of wheat adorns the vest of a Ukrainian soldier. AP
A dockyard worker watches as barley is mechanically poured into a 40,000-tonne ship at a Ukrainian agricultural exporter's terminal in the city of Nikolaev. Reuters
A farmer harvests his field 10 kilometres from the front line, where fierce battle continues between Ukrainian troops and Russian invaders in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine. AP
Serhiy, a farmer, shows grain in his barn in the village of Ptyche in Donetsk region. AP
Serhiy shows a mound of grain in his barn. AP
A burning field caused by the fighting at the front line in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine. AP
A farmer tends to his grain stock near the front line in Dnipropetrovsk. AP
Harvesting in Dnipropetrovsk, with a crater left by a Russian rocket in the foreground. AP
Smoke rises in the background during fierce battle on the front line, while the harvest continues. AP
Ukraine hopes its vast grain stocks can be exported around the world as soon as possible, despite the continuing war with Russia. AP
