Thousands of buildings have been destroyed in Ukraine since Russia's war began nearly seven months ago.
Volunteers clear the debris and plays music as they go about this tiring job.
Members of the volunteers' movement Repair Together travel to regions which were under Russian occupation and help local residents clean up damaged buildings to the accompaniment of electronic music.
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IMAGE: Volunteers remove debris from the House of Culture in the village of Ivanivka, which was heavily damaged during Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Ukraine's Chernihiv region. Photograph: Vladislav Musienko/Reuters
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IMAGE: Volunteers dance as they clean up the House of Culture in Ivanivka. Photograph: Vladislav Musienko/Reuters
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IMAGE: Workers clean the debris at a primary care centre and family clinic destroyed by a Russian military strike in Mykolaiv. Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters
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IMAGE: Dr Svitlana Dmtrieva, head of the pediatric department at the primary care centre and family clinic, inspects her office and her department, which were destroyed by the Russian military strike. Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters
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IMAGE: Ukrainians make camouflage nets in Lviv and plan to create more than 2,000 square metres of camouflage nets for the Ukrainian army during weekends. Photograph: Pavlo Palamarchuk/Reuters
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IMAGE: Volunteers clean the entrance of a state institute destroyed by a military strike in Mykolaiv. Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters
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IMAGE: Firefighters work at the site of a residential building hit by a Russian military strike in Kharkiv. Photograph: Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters
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IMAGE: Local residents clean a car near a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike in Kharkiv. Photograph: Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters
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IMAGE: A local resident looks out from the balcony of a residential building destroyed by military strikes in Saltivka, one of the most damaged residential areas in Kharkiv. Photograph: Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters
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IMAGE: A street market destroyed by military strikes in Saltivka. Photograph: Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters
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IMAGE: A resident receives food from volunteers in Saltivka. Photograph: Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters
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IMAGE: A relative weeps at the funeral in Lviv for Volodymyr Ivanyuk, a Ukrainian soldier killed in a battle against Russian troops. Photograph: Pavlo Palamarchuk/Reuters
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Rajesh Alva/Rediff.com