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On the run:
A group of people gather under a destroyed bridge.
On their way out of the almost surrounded city of Kyiv, the Irpin River lies between them and escape.
Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP
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Homeless:
A man stands in front of the rubble of a house in Stoyanka, west of Kiev.
More than 1.2 million people have already left their homes to flee from Russian soldiers.
Photo: ARIS MESSINIS / AFP
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Under fire:
In Bucha, a town west of Kiev, people take cover from the fire of the guns.
The UN Human Rights Council has voted in favor of an investigation into Russian war crimes - by an overwhelming majority.
Photo: ARIS MESSINIS / AFP
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Take cover
: Ukrainian soldiers seek shelter from Russian fire behind a truck in Bucha.
Photo: ARIS MESSINIS / AFP
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Salvation:
The war has not yet arrived in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
Unlike in the East, people have time to bring what is valuable to them to safety.
Three men pack a 17th-century statue of Jesus into a box.
Photo: IMAGO/Andrà Luis Alves / IMAGO/GlobalImagens
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Lost Childhood:
In Irpin, children flee the advancing Kremlin troops.
Russia and Ukraine had agreed on a ceasefire for Saturday to evacuate civilians.
Photo: ARIS MESSINIS / AFP
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International understanding:
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj addresses people worldwide in a video message.
In the Georgian capital Tbilisi, 30,000 people gathered in front of the parliament building to listen to his speech.
Photo: IMAGO/Nicolo Vincenzo Malvestuto/ IMAGO/ZUMA Wire
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Countershot:
Thousands of nationalists demonstrate in Serbia to express their support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
They support the invasion of Ukraine.
Photo: ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP
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Highest train:
At the Kiev train station, women and children in particular are trying to catch a train to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
Photo: Andriy Dubchak / picture alliance / dpa / AP
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Aid:
A convoy of vehicles carrying aid supplies for Ukraine is forming at the Polish-Ukrainian border in Medyka.
Numerous people fleeing the war in Ukraine arrive here every day.
Photo: Kay Nietfeld / dpa
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Siege:
A small patient waits in the basement of the children's hospital in Kiev.
Photo: SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP
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Wrapped up
: People are waiting in Lviv for a train that is supposed to take them to Poland.
According to the United Nations, more than 1.3 million people have fled Ukraine so far.
Photo: KAI PFAFFENBACH / REUTERS
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Help of God:
People during morning mass in St. Vladimir's Cathedral of Kiev.
Photo: DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
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Uncertainty:
Two girls stand by the window of a shelter in Dombrád, Hungary, after fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Photo: Marton Monus / dpa