Looking back at Chernobyl Ghost Town: 31 years later

Today on April 26, 1986: Chernobyl nuclear accident took place.
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The rush over the power

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A child's shoes sit amongst a pile of rubble in the deserted town of Pripyat

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Waste of the lab lying at the site of Chernobyl disaster

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A rusting amusement ride near the site of Chernobyl disaster

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A sarcophagus covers the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

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A woman touches a portrait during a memorial ceremony early on April 26, 2017, at the monument to Chernobyl victims in Slavutich

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Workers walk next to the New Safe Confinement over the Chernobyl nuclear plant on April 26, 2017, the 31st anniversary of the disaster