Editorial photo #13587314 Unrest, Conflicts and War
Chornobyl Exclusion Zone and abandoned city of Prypiat
The Polissia Hotel is in Pripyat, a city abandoned after the Chornobyl accident, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on April 14, 2026. April 26, 2026, marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion of the fourth reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which occurred on April 26, 1986. The accident remains one of the worst man-made disasters in the history of nuclear energy. (Photo by Kyrylo Chubotin/Ukrinform/NurPhoto)