A woman kisses the forehead of her 61-year-old brother, who lies in a coffin after being killed by Russian soldiers in a village whose name in English means “dream.” A cemetery worker walks amid rows and rows of black marble urns containing the cremated remains of countless people killed in Russia’s war on Ukraine. And a body covered by a white curtain or sheet lies on a city street, seemingly guarded by the cat and puppy who gaze out from advertisement photographs hung in a shop window.
On day 29 of the conflict — one month since it began — persistent signs of death lingered alongside numerous scenarios of people struggling to survive.
Images captured by Associated Press photographers show residents who have not fled Ukraine cleaning up rubble, going to the market, or queueing in line for help with daily necessities.
In one photograph, a man engulfed in clouds of dirty smoke holds a white cloth to his mouth with one hand as he picks through the debris of a house destroyed by…
Source: AP PHOTOS: Day 29: Images of death, survival in Ukraine war
Category: International
