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The Ukranian town of Pripyat remains abandoned after the 1986 nuclear accident

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A house is seen in the abandoned village of Kopachi near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.Gleb Garanich/Reuters

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The coat of arms of the former Soviet Union is seen on the roof of a house in the abandoned city of Pripyat.Gleb Garanich/Reuters

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A view of the abandoned city of Pripyat is seen near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.Gleb Garanich/Reuters

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A doll is seen amongst beds at a kindergarten in the abandoned city of Pripyat.Gleb Garanich/Reuters

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A shoe for children is left in a kindergarten in the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.Gleb Garanich/Reuters

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A children's gas mask is seen at a kindergarten in the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.Gleb Garanich/Reuters

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A cat is seen in front of a ferris wheel in the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.Gleb Garanich/Reuters

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A ferris wheel is seen in the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.Gleb Garanich/Reuters

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A portrait is seen in a house in the abandoned village of Zalesye near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.Gleb Garanich/Reuters

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A picture of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin is seen in a kindergarten in the abandoned city of Pripyat.Gleb Garanich/Reuters

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