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Giving birth in the shadow of Haiti’s gang violence – photo essay

As fighting intensifies in Port-au-Prince, only a fraction of its maternity services remain, and they are under constant threat

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28

Under fire: Ukraine’s wartime firefighters

During more than three years of full-scale war, Ukraine’s firefighters have been working on the frontlines of Russia’s air war. Amid ongoing ceasefire negotiations, Russia has steadily intensified its airstrikes in recent weeks and months. Since 24 February 2022, photojournalist Jelle Krings has embedded with firefighters across Ukraine, documenting their…

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2025

Ukraine’s teen soldiers: the cadets who hold the country’s future in their hands

Photojournalist Jelle Krings joined youngsters training to become Ukraine’s next generation of soldiers at a military school in Kyiv. The recruits spend two years studying academic topics as well as learning how to fight – all under the threat of Russian airstrikes

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2025

‘It’s a miracle I’m here’: relief in liberated village near Kherson

Local people tell of horror and loss after surviving occupation by Russian troops and missile strikes

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2022

‘Russia kaput!’: Ukraine brigade eyes victory as enemy retreats from Kherson

Mood on frontline buoyant in face of increasingly ‘panicking’ Russian forces

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2022

‘The enemy is planning something’: Kharkiv fears new Russian attack

Putin’s advance on Ukraine’s second city was halted in March, but its defenders sense another offensive is looming

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2022

‘It’s a horror show’: defiant Kharkiv residents return home despite new Russian offensive

No running water, gas or electricity and apartment blocks destroyed at random… Now civilians in Ukraine’s second biggest city are facing a new Russian offensive

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2022

‘It’s a must for us to fight’: Kramatorsk mayor fears the worst as Russians draw near

Oleksandr Goncharenko says unless the invaders are halted the eastern Ukrainian city will be razed and its inhabitants driven out

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2022

‘A shot went through my cheek’: the human cost of Ukraine’s defence

As invasion continues with western arms deliveries smaller than hoped, ordinary Ukrainians are facing full weight of Russian artillery

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2022