Thirty years after families in northern Ukraine were forced to abandon their homes following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, Maxim Dondyuk began collecting their things. The Ukranian ...

Thirty years ago, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine released far more radioactivity than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan did, forcing the resettlement of more than ...

The repercussions of the incident at Chernobyl could last for generations.” In Sight is The Washington Post’s photography blog for visual narrative. This platform showcases compelling and ...

Sergei Gaschak’s photography offers an unparalleled glimpse ... has been officially closed off to human habitation since the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe of 1986. Using camera traps to take ...

Ludwig is the author of a photography book, the Long Shadow of Chernobyl, documenting his 20-year relationship with what noted scientist Alexei Okeanov calls “a fire that can’t be put out in ...

Once a vibrant, bustling city built to house the workers of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Prypiat now lies desolate, a shadow of its former self. Abandoned nearly overnight in 1986 following ...

Flouting this restriction are the Chernobyl Explorers, who for the past nine years have been bypassing the visitor's centre and roaming the area on their own. The Explorers lead four-day long ...

The Soviet military rapidly established an 'Chernobyl Exclusion Zone' around the plant - a 30-mile cordon where public access was forbidden due to contamination, and which remains largely deserted ...

There are few signs of life in Ukraine’s most radioactive area — unless, of course, you are hunting for Pokémon. Travel writer and Pokémon Go enthusiast Darmon Richter braved a trip to the ...

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s reactor ... In 2014, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his coverage of the Westgate Mall massacre in Nairobi, Kenya.