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An Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle lies by the roadside, having been destroyed by Russian forces in Ukraine. AFP
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An elderly couple stands near a damaged school in the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine. EPA
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At least one person was killed after shelling hit the school, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service said. EPA
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A woman walks past a destroyed market near a railway station in Donetsk. Reuters
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Municipal workers clean a street in Donetsk. Reuters
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A man passes destroyed buildings in the Ukrainian town of Siversk. AFP
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A destroyed school in Siversk. AFP
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A Ukrainian serviceman passes by destroyed buildings in Siversk. AFP
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A woman's home is repaired by volunteers after being destroyed by shelling in the village of Zalissya. AFP
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People fill up water canisters in Mykolaiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. AFP
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Grain fields burn on the outskirts of Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. AP Photo
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The mother of Ukrainian serviceman Abdulkarim Gulamov, who was killed in a fight against Russian troops in Kherson, attends his funeral in Kyiv. Reuters
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People carry pictures of Mr Gulamov at the funeral. Reuters
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Ukrainian service members fire a shell from a M777 Howitzer in Kharkiv. Reuters
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A man walks in front of a damaged school after a missile strike hit the city of Kramatorsk. EPA
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A cyclist rides past burnt cars after a Russian rocket strike in Kharkiv. AFP
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Rescuers and servicemen work at a school building damaged by a Russian military strike in Kramatorsk. Reuters
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Sasha, 12, a refugee from Ukraine at the humanitarian aid centre set up at the Global Expo exhibition hall in Warsaw, Poland. AFP
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Maksym and Andrii, 11-year-old boys, play with plastic guns at a self-made checkpoint along a motorway in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. AP
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A Ukrainian soldier nicknamed 'Oakland' guards his position at the front line in the Kharkiv region. AP
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Ukrainians look at destroyed Russian military equipment at an outdoor exhibition near the Church of the Three Saints in Kyiv. AFP
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A member of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) militia sits in a makeshift bunker near Avdiivka, in the Donbas region of Ukraine. EPA
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A DPR militia member monitors a section of the road near Avdiivka. EPA
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Ukrainians pass a heavily damaged shopping mall in the city of Kherson. AFP
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The rubble of a house in Moshchun village, about 20 kilometres outside Kyiv. EPA
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A resident helps a firefighter put out a fire after an air strike in the town of Bakhmut, in the breakaway enclave of Donetsk. AFP
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A woman surveys the devastation caused by an air strike in Bakhmut. AFP
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Part of a projectile fire by a rocket launcher lies embedded in a wheat field in Ukraine's Kharkiv region. AFP
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Members of the public look at a Ukrainian tank destroyed in a Russian attack, in Hostomel, north-west of Kyiv. EPA
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Burnt out cars destroyed in Russian attacks are piled up in Hostomel. EPA
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Jill Biden, US first lady, left, and US President Joe Biden welcome the first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, to the White House. EPA
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Miami District Two commissioner Ken Russell, left, and Miami police chief Manuel Morales with weapons collected in the Guns 4 Ukraine initiative, at Miami City Hall in Florida. Guns bought back by Miami will be delivered to sister city Irpin, near Kyiv. EPA
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A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to a Grad BM-21 multiple rocket launcher at the front line in Donbas, eastern Ukraine. AFP
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A woman walks her dog in front of a block of flats hit by shelling in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. EPA
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A Kramatorsk resident peers out of a window lined with tape to reduce the impact of shattering glass. EPA
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The damaged windows of an apartment, after shells hit a residential area in Kramatorsk. EPA
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Rescuers working on a residential building partially destroyed by missile strike in Bashtanka, Mykolaiv as the Russian war in Ukraine continues. AFP
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An Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle lies by the roadside, having been destroyed by Russian forces in Ukraine. AFP
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An elderly couple stands near a damaged school in the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine. EPA
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At least one person was killed after shelling hit the school, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service said. EPA
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A woman walks past a destroyed market near a railway station in Donetsk. Reuters
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Municipal workers clean a street in Donetsk. Reuters
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A man passes destroyed buildings in the Ukrainian town of Siversk. AFP
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A destroyed school in Siversk. AFP
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A Ukrainian serviceman passes by destroyed buildings in Siversk. AFP
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A woman's home is repaired by volunteers after being destroyed by shelling in the village of Zalissya. AFP
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People fill up water canisters in Mykolaiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. AFP
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Grain fields burn on the outskirts of Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. AP Photo
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The mother of Ukrainian serviceman Abdulkarim Gulamov, who was killed in a fight against Russian troops in Kherson, attends his funeral in Kyiv. Reuters
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People carry pictures of Mr Gulamov at the funeral. Reuters
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Ukrainian service members fire a shell from a M777 Howitzer in Kharkiv. Reuters
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A man walks in front of a damaged school after a missile strike hit the city of Kramatorsk. EPA
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A cyclist rides past burnt cars after a Russian rocket strike in Kharkiv. AFP
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Rescuers and servicemen work at a school building damaged by a Russian military strike in Kramatorsk. Reuters
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Sasha, 12, a refugee from Ukraine at the humanitarian aid centre set up at the Global Expo exhibition hall in Warsaw, Poland. AFP
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Maksym and Andrii, 11-year-old boys, play with plastic guns at a self-made checkpoint along a motorway in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. AP
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A Ukrainian soldier nicknamed 'Oakland' guards his position at the front line in the Kharkiv region. AP
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Ukrainians look at destroyed Russian military equipment at an outdoor exhibition near the Church of the Three Saints in Kyiv. AFP
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A member of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) militia sits in a makeshift bunker near Avdiivka, in the Donbas region of Ukraine. EPA
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A DPR militia member monitors a section of the road near Avdiivka. EPA
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Ukrainians pass a heavily damaged shopping mall in the city of Kherson. AFP
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The rubble of a house in Moshchun village, about 20 kilometres outside Kyiv. EPA
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A resident helps a firefighter put out a fire after an air strike in the town of Bakhmut, in the breakaway enclave of Donetsk. AFP
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A woman surveys the devastation caused by an air strike in Bakhmut. AFP
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Part of a projectile fire by a rocket launcher lies embedded in a wheat field in Ukraine's Kharkiv region. AFP
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Members of the public look at a Ukrainian tank destroyed in a Russian attack, in Hostomel, north-west of Kyiv. EPA
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Burnt out cars destroyed in Russian attacks are piled up in Hostomel. EPA
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Jill Biden, US first lady, left, and US President Joe Biden welcome the first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, to the White House. EPA
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Miami District Two commissioner Ken Russell, left, and Miami police chief Manuel Morales with weapons collected in the Guns 4 Ukraine initiative, at Miami City Hall in Florida. Guns bought back by Miami will be delivered to sister city Irpin, near Kyiv. EPA
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A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to a Grad BM-21 multiple rocket launcher at the front line in Donbas, eastern Ukraine. AFP
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A woman walks her dog in front of a block of flats hit by shelling in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine. EPA
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A Kramatorsk resident peers out of a window lined with tape to reduce the impact of shattering glass. EPA
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The damaged windows of an apartment, after shells hit a residential area in Kramatorsk. EPA
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Rescuers working on a residential building partially destroyed by missile strike in Bashtanka, Mykolaiv as the Russian war in Ukraine continues. AFP
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An Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle lies by the roadside, having been destroyed by Russian forces in Ukraine. AFP