Pripyat was once a thriving city, home to 50,000 people. Then nuclear disaster struck.
On 26 April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine – the worst nuclear accident in history – led to the evacuation of nearby city Pripyat. It remains abandoned to this day.
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An abandoned classroom.
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A toilet block in the abandoned city.
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The ferris wheel at Pripyat's “Luna Park”.
It was due to open just days after the disaster.
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