Pictures of the Year International

Finalist: Ukraine’s Stolen Children

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Gaia Tripoli / The New York Times

Ukraine’s Stolen Children

From the start of the invasion, the Russian authorities purposefully removed children from Ukraine, aiming to turn them against their homeland. Some have returned to tell their stories. Thousands of others have not been as lucky.