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Ukraine hopes its vast grain stocks can be exported around the world as soon as possible, despite the continuing war with Russia. AP
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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
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A Turkish Polarnet cargo ship is loaded with Ukrainian grain. AP
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A security officer stands next to the ship 'Navi-Star' which sits full of grain as it waits to sail from Odesa. AP
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Mr Zelenskyy, centre, at the port. AP
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The first shipment of Ukrainian grain left the port of Odesa, bound for Tripoli in Lebanon, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said. AP
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An ear of wheat adorns the vest of a Ukrainian soldier. AP
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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
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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
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Serhiy, a farmer, shows grain in his barn in the village of Ptyche in Donetsk region. AP
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Serhiy shows a mound of grain in his barn. AP
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A burning field caused by the fighting at the front line in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine. AP
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A farmer tends to his grain stock near the front line in Dnipropetrovsk. AP
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Harvesting in Dnipropetrovsk, with a crater left by a Russian rocket in the foreground. AP
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Smoke rises in the background during fierce battle on the front line, while the harvest continues. AP
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Ukraine hopes its vast grain stocks can be exported around the world as soon as possible, despite the continuing war with Russia. AP
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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
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A Turkish Polarnet cargo ship is loaded with Ukrainian grain. AP
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A security officer stands next to the ship 'Navi-Star' which sits full of grain as it waits to sail from Odesa. AP
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Mr Zelenskyy, centre, at the port. AP
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The first shipment of Ukrainian grain left the port of Odesa, bound for Tripoli in Lebanon, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said. AP
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An ear of wheat adorns the vest of a Ukrainian soldier. AP
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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
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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
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Serhiy, a farmer, shows grain in his barn in the village of Ptyche in Donetsk region. AP
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Serhiy shows a mound of grain in his barn. AP
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A burning field caused by the fighting at the front line in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine. AP
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A farmer tends to his grain stock near the front line in Dnipropetrovsk. AP
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Harvesting in Dnipropetrovsk, with a crater left by a Russian rocket in the foreground. AP
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Smoke rises in the background during fierce battle on the front line, while the harvest continues. AP
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Ukraine hopes its vast grain stocks can be exported around the world as soon as possible, despite the continuing war with Russia. AP