Amos Chapple is a New Zealand-born writer and visual journalist with a particular interest in the former U.S.S.R.
Fifty years after Yugoslav authorities demolished a chapel atop Montenegro's Mount Lovcen, the memorial that stands in its place has become a lightning rod for debate over national identity.
Pilotless aircraft have become arguably the most significant technological development of modern conflict. Here are some of the drones known to be in use above the battlefields of Ukraine.
Iryna Rybakova’s photographs have been published throughout the world's media, yet using her camera is only one part of her job as a junior sergeant and press officer with the Ukrainian military.
As the only woman who does the transhumance -- the yearly seasonal migration of livestock from the highlands of Tusheti to the winter pastures of Vashlovani in eastern Georgia -- Tinatin Ididze cuts an unconventional character in Tusheti's male-dominated mountain culture.
Experts say Iranian-made suicide drones being used against Ukraine are a sign that Russia's stock of domestic weaponry may be severely depleted.
Veteran photojournalist Karen Minasyan recalls what he saw after being one of the first to arrive on the scene of recent shelling of Armenian territory by Azerbaijani forces.
An archive in Serbia holds rare images of the war that freed the Balkans from Ottoman rule 110 years ago. The photographer who made the striking pictures disappeared without a trace.
Ukrainian journalist Andriy Dubchak barely escaped with his life as he came under cluster-bomb attack. The weapons are widely banned, but both Russia and Ukraine are accused of using them. The attack blew out his car's windows, ripped through the vehicle, and fragments even tore through his pants.
Soldiers from across the Soviet Union left their mark on the walls of a top secret facility built by the Nazis.
In the winter of 1977, Livia Chereches snapped photos of the aftermath of one of modern Europe's worst earthquakes. Then the historic color slides sat in her closet for nearly half a century.
Communist emblems were seen on the streets of western Germany on August 27 as a Marxist political party unveiled a controversial monument.
Tirana has accused two Russians and a Ukrainian of spying. Friends of Lana Sator insist that she was only exploring a military base for her popular blog, while Albanian police claim a man travelling with her has “admitted” to spying.
Tallinn has declared the imminent removal of Soviet monuments from public spaces across Estonia. Here's a look at some of the Baltic country's communist-era memorials and statues.
In the forests of Bulgaria, thousands of truffle hunters and their dogs are supplying the Western market with ultra-luxury fungi.
A sleepy town is being turned into a giant outdoor art gallery in an attempt to rejuvenate rural life.
In Georgia's highlands near Batumi, many villagers distill their own, fiery drink out of grape juice left over from wine production.
The looming transfer of a swathe of Abkhazia coastal land to Moscow is proving deeply controversial amid the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A Ukrainian photographer is documenting harrowing stories from residents of the areas around Kyiv occupied by Russian forces at the opening of the 2022 Russian invasion.
Images from the only intact remnant of Ukraine's destroyed nuclear missile network.
A special-needs girl was one of at least 23 people killed in a July 14 missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsya. Until the very day of the attack, the child’s mother had documented the struggles and joy of raising a child with Down syndrome.
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