Chernobyl's radioactive landscape is testament to nature’s resilience and survival spirit
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Wild Przewalski horses graze in a forest inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. Chornobyl is the Ukrainian name for the city. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)Denys Vyshnevskyi, researcher at the Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, stands in front of a dead wild Przewalski horse in a forest inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. Chornobyl is the Ukrainian name for the city. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)In this undated photo taken by a camera trap and provided by the Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, a wild lynx walks in a forest inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine. Chornobyl is the Ukrainian name for the city. (Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve via AP)In this undated photo taken by a camera trap and provided by the Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, a wild deer walks on snow in a forest inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine. Chornobyl is the Ukrainian name for the city. (Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve via AP)Abandoned houses are seen overgrown with vegetation at the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Prypiat, Ukraine, Monday, April 6, 2026. Chornobyl is the Ukrainian name for the city. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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Wild Przewalski horses graze in a forest inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. Chornobyl is the Ukrainian name for the city. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)