cemetery

UNIAN Archive. Yaniv’s village cemetery, abandoned by local dwellers after the Chernobyl catastrophe, 2 km far from Chernobyl APS (in the background – sarcophagus covering the 4th energy power unit), March , 2002. The April 26 1986 deadly explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant affected about 3.3 million Ukrainians, including 1.5 million children, according to Ukraine's Chernobyl Union report. The plant was closed for good in 2000, but many environmental problems persist. Photo by UNIAN