In terms of population Belarus ranks 7th among the CIS countries and 98th in the world. The population density is 43.9 people ...

As Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko deepens his country’s dependence on Russia, dissidents fight alongside Ukraine in the Kalinouski Regiment.

When Ukraine turned a corner of Russia’s Kursk region into a battlefield, it set in motion some of the war’s fiercest fighting. Our photographer documented the aftermath.