A view of the abandoned town of Chernobyl with its shut down Nuclear Power Plant in the background © Sean Gallup Getty Images
A worker renovates a memorial to technicians who died during and in the immediate aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear accident © Sean Gallup Getty Images
An 8-year-old girl being analysedfor radiation emitted from caesium-137 © Sean Gallup Getty Images
Bielorusian doctor Yury Bandazhevsky has been studying correlations between Chernobyl-released radiation and the afflictions and death rates of locals © Sean Gallup Getty Images
Elderly women who illegally returned to their villages inside the Exclusion Zone shortly after the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl Power Plant © Sean Gallup Getty Images
Liquidators take part in the long decommissioning process inside reactor number two at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant © Sean Gallup Getty Images
The remains of reactor number four encased in its old shelter © Sean Gallup Getty Images