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April 27, 2021

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Chernobyl 35 years later: photos show how life goes on at the site of the world’s worst ever nuclear accident

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Women mourn near a tomb of a victim of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster at the Mitino cemetery in Moscow, Russia. Photo: EPA-EFE

An aerial view of the Chernobyl nuclear plant, with damage from an explosion and fire. Photo: AP

An abandoned amusement park in the ghost town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: AFP

Construction work can be seen near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

The rusty emblem of the Soviet Union is seen in the ghost town of Pripyat close to the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine. Photo: AP

Abandoned country houses are seen at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine. Photo: AP

Children’s beds are seen in a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

A child’s gas mask is seen in a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

An abandoned house near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

A calendar is seen on the wall in a house in an abandoned village near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

Toys are seen in a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

A vintage doll is seen on a bed at a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

Remains of burnt houses are seen in the abandoned village of Poliske in the Chernobyl zone, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

The control centre of the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

A view shows the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

An elk is seen in a burnt forest in the Chernobyl zone, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

People gather on the central square of a ghost town near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: AFP

A worker holds candles near a monument to Chernobyl victims in Slavutych, Ukraine. Photo: AFP

Women mourn near a tomb of a victim of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster at the Mitino...Women mourn near a tomb of a victim of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster at the Mitino cemetery in Moscow...

April 27, 2021

Today in Photos

Chernobyl 35 years later: photos show how life goes on at the site of the world’s worst ever nuclear accident

On April 26, 1986, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s reactor number four exploded. It is still regarded...

Women mourn near a tomb of a victim of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster at the Mitino cemetery in Moscow, Russia. Photo: EPA-EFE

An aerial view of the Chernobyl nuclear plant, with damage from an explosion and fire. Photo: AP

An abandoned amusement park in the ghost town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: AFP

Construction work can be seen near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

The rusty emblem of the Soviet Union is seen in the ghost town of Pripyat close to the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine. Photo: AP

Abandoned country houses are seen at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine. Photo: AP

Children’s beds are seen in a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

A child’s gas mask is seen in a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

An abandoned house near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

A calendar is seen on the wall in a house in an abandoned village near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

Toys are seen in a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

A vintage doll is seen on a bed at a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

Remains of burnt houses are seen in the abandoned village of Poliske in the Chernobyl zone, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

The control centre of the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

A view shows the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

An elk is seen in a burnt forest in the Chernobyl zone, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

People gather on the central square of a ghost town near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: AFP

A worker holds candles near a monument to Chernobyl victims in Slavutych, Ukraine. Photo: AFP

Women mourn near a tomb of a victim of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster at the Mitino cemetery in Moscow, Russia. Photo: EPA-EFE

An aerial view of the Chernobyl nuclear plant, with damage from an explosion and fire. Photo: AP

An abandoned amusement park in the ghost town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: AFP

Construction work can be seen near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

The rusty emblem of the Soviet Union is seen in the ghost town of Pripyat close to the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine. Photo: AP

Abandoned country houses are seen at the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine. Photo: AP

Children’s beds are seen in a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

A child’s gas mask is seen in a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

An abandoned house near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

A calendar is seen on the wall in a house in an abandoned village near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

Toys are seen in a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

A vintage doll is seen on a bed at a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

Remains of burnt houses are seen in the abandoned village of Poliske in the Chernobyl zone, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

The control centre of the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

A view shows the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

An elk is seen in a burnt forest in the Chernobyl zone, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

People gather on the central square of a ghost town near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine. Photo: AFP

A worker holds candles near a monument to Chernobyl victims in Slavutych, Ukraine. Photo: AFP

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