Editorial photo #13621272 Unrest, Conflicts and War
Prypiat
An old cash register is inside an abandoned 16-storey building, known as the ''white house,'' at 6 Kurchatova Street in the ghost town of Prypiat, radioactively contaminated by the Chornobyl disaster, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2026. Prypiat, located two kilometers from the nuclear power plant, was evacuated on April 27, 1986, following the explosion of the fourth reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. April 26, 2026, marks the 40th anniversary of the disaster, one of the worst man-made catastrophes in the history of nuclear power. (Photo by Yevhen Kotenko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto)
