Ghosts of Chernobyl

Dolls, which were placed by a visitor, lie in beds at a kindergarten in the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine

A view of the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl power plant

A view of an amusement park in the center of the abandoned town of Pripyat

A picture of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in a kindergarten in the abandoned city of Pripyat

A portrait in a house in the abandoned village of Zalesye

A ferris wheel is seen in the abandoned city of Pripyat

A dog in the abandoned city of Pripyat

A doll in a children's gas mask amongst beds at a kindergarten in the abandoned city of Pripyat

The coat of arms of the former Soviet Union on the roof of a building in the abandoned city of Pripyat

Toys left in a kindergarten in the abandoned city of Pripyat

A containment shelter for the damaged fourth reactor (L) and the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure (R) at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant are seen from the abandoned town of Pripyat

An employee in the control center of the stopped third reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant