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30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster marked

(Agencies) Updated: 2016-04-26 09:39 Comments

For residents of Chernobyl, a three-day evacuation turned into a thirty-year exile. Returning to their hometown of Pripyat on the eve of the anniversary, they recall their confusion and sacrifice in the wake of the world's worst nuclear accident.

30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster marked

Oleksiy Yermakov, 41, poses for a photograph in his flat which was evacuated after an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in the ghost town of Pripyat, Ukraine, April 5, 2016. [Photo/Agencies]

30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster marked

An undated photograph shows Oleksiy Yermakov (L) before the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the town of Pripyat, Ukraine. [Photo/Agencies]

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