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Metropolitan Pavlo, the director of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra sits in a court in Kyiv, on April 1, 2023.
Caption:Metropolitan Pavlo, the director of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra sits in a court in Kyiv, on April 1, 2023.Photo credit:SERGII VOLSKYI
Construction workers climb onto the roof of a destroyed church in the village of Bohorodychne, Donetsk region on January 4, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - Bohorodychne is a village in Donetsk region that came under heavy attack by Russian forces in June 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On August 17, 2022 the Russian forces captured the village. The Armed Forces of Ukraine announced on September 12, 2022 that they took back the control over the village. A few resident came back to restore their destroyed houses and live in the village. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press briefing after the International Summit on Food Security in Kyiv on November 26, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - Leaders from Belgium, Hungary, Lithuania and Poland meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv to hold the International Summit on Food Security. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Coogee Beach shark attack victim Leah Stewart with her daughter before the June 2026 shark attack
A soldier looks through binoculars during combat exercises and training of the navy of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the waters around the Taiwan Island, 5 August, 2022. T
The 32-year-old was a co-host of a podcast that had last posted an episode on the day of the murder. (YouTube)
Rescue workers evacuate an injured person from a collapsed building following an earthquake in Caracas on June 24, 2026. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Venezuela on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported, triggering panic in Caracas, according to AFP journalists. The tremor, which was followed by several aftershocks, was also felt in Colombia. (Photo by Manaure Quintero / AFP)
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