"As bombs fall above them in Kharkiv, Ukraine, girls from Princess Ballet group rehearse in an underground shelter in January 2025. During the lesson, the alarm goes off four times Photograph: Niels Ahlmann Olesen/Ritzau Scanpix/c/o Visa pour l'Image Akram Aljnidi, 24, a Syrian-Dutch citizen, with his mother, Mariam, 51 at the SyriaJordan border control in January 2025. After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the pair were returning to see what was left of their homeland."
"People stock up on supplies at the Rock Store at the Rock am Ring festival in Nurburg, Germany, in June 2024. The three-day music festival hosts 80,000 fans Photograph: Frank Roth/c/o Visa pour l'Image Matti Saari, from the village of Pekkala in Rovaniemi, who has built a ski jumping ramp in his own backyard, November 2024 Photograph: Mikko Suutarinen/c/o Visa Pour L'Image"
Scenes span wartime shelters, border returns, everyday leisure and large public events across multiple countries in 2024–2025. Ballerinas rehearse underground under air-raid alarms in Kharkiv. A Syrian-Dutch man and his mother pass through a newly built reception hall at the Syria–Jordan border after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Children play before a Franco-era building in Catalonia. Festivalgoers stock up at Rock am Ring while a Finnish villager builds a backyard ski jump. A large funeral for Hezbollah figures takes place in Beirut. A Russian palliative worker serves her community, and Syrian military checkpoints remain near frontline areas.
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