Editorial photo #12920268 Human Interest
Walking The Divide: Nicosia, The World’s Last Divided Capital
NICOSIA, CYPRUS - OCTOBER 21: A wreath bearing the slogan 'Crescent Star, We Are on the Same Path' (Ay Yildiz Ayni Yoldayiz) is seen at the Ataturk Monument, located in a square near the Kyrenia Gate in the northern part of Nicosia, administered by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and recognized only by Turkey, near the United Nations-controlled buffer zone that separates it from the Republic of Cyprus-controlled south, on October 21, 2025. The island has remained divided by a United Nations-controlled buffer zone since 1974. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto)
