Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war are buried in Lviv in early March 2022.
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Firefighters extinguish a fire at a destroyed apartment complex after a Russian rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, on March 14, 2022. The majority of the city’s residents are Russian-speaking.
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The Russian diaspora has mostly been careful about overtly criticizing Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Does that imply support, or fear of Russian retribution?
A Yemeni mother holds the tiny foot of her malnourished child in 2021.
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Far more people are dying of hunger around the world than in Europe’s new war.
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While the ruling is binding, it is not enforceable. Still, it could compel other nations to support Ukraine’s cause.
Bravery: Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova stages a protest live on Russian TV.
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The live protest on one of Russia’s main state-owned TV news bulletins is a blow to Putin because of his near total control of broadcasting in the country.
Social media has allowed fake news about the Ukraine invasion to proliferate.
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Increased media literacy education and government regulations are necessary to combat fake information on social media platforms.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the U.S. Congress.
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In a speech that touched on America’s darkest days and most inspirational leaders, Ukraine’s embattled president made a powerful call for stronger action on Russia.
Territorial ambitions: in his speeches and writings, Vladimir Putin has indicated an ‘empire complex’.
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Putin is following a strategy used by other imperial countries, particularly 19th-century China and Japan.
A woman holds a child as she arrives with other displaced Ukrainians at the train station in Przemysl, Poland, on Mar. 3, 2022.
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Wealthy states sort people into hierarchies, keeping ‘unwanted people’ in their regions of origin while facilitating mobility for supposedly ideal migrants.
In this August 2012 photo, Russian soldiers ride atop an armoured vehicle through a street in Tskhinvali, capital of the Georgian breakaway enclave of South Ossetia, with a destroyed tank in the foreground. The Russian military quickly routed the Georgian army during the war.
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In the midst of the Ukraine-Russia war, we should pay more attention to the evolution of Russia’s official rhetoric and military actions in former Soviet states.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune after winning the Algerian presidential election in 2019.
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Maghreb countries are unlikely to step up to replace Russian gas supplies without an implicit nod from Moscow.
Ukrainian soldiers on the the streets of Kyiv in 1917.
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A historian looks back at a time when Ukrainians battled for control of the capital, but succumbed to a superior Soviet army.
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While chemical weapons are likely a greater threat than nuclear weapons, use of the latter is also not impossible.
Desolation: locals walk among the ruins of a residential area in Chernihiv, northern Ukraine.
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Daily life for many Ukrainians is dismal: hungry, cold and frightened, say friends of the author who are caught by the conflict.
The Boeing Dreamliner is the future of air travel.
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For years it has lagged Airbus, but that might be coming to an end.
Russian President Vladimir Putin watches through binoculars as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu sits nearby during military exercises east of Moscow in September 2021.
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As Russia’s war against Ukraine unfolds, Putin’s errors become perceptible. That’s because he’s faced few constraints to his power.
A woman who was evacuated from Irpin cries kissing a cat wrapped in a blanket at a triage point in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 11, 2022.
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This war has powerfully and painfully magnified the connections among human and animal lives, and our unrelenting commitment to love in the face of darkness.
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To think about the ways in which images engage audiences, we can consider Europe’s response to two major refugee crises.
A pregnant woman is carried away from a shelled maternity hospital. She later died.
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Vladimir Putin has a history of flattening cities in time of conflict. But alleged war crimes in Chechnya and Syria never resulted in charges, let alone prosecutions. Will Ukraine be any different?
People wait for a train to Poland at Lviv railway station, Ukraine, in February 2022.
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Homestays can be a life-changing experience for refugees and hosts.