April 6, 2026 | Abandoned houses are seen overgrown with vegetation at the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Prypiat, Ukraine. The area was evacuated after radioactive contamination from the April 26, 1986 disaster.
Editor’s note: Some captions include excerpts and information from the piece “Chernobyl liquidators return to where they faced an invisible enemy” by The Associated Press. Read the story here.