March 5, 2022. The Ukrainian Maya and her children are already on the train from Odesa to Lviv, fleeing the Russian war in their country. Georgy Keburia, Maya’s husband and father of the children, is left alone on the platform. Photographer Salwan Georges captures the heartbreaking farewell of the torn family. The moving image makes him the big winner of the Siena International Photo Awards 2023.
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The harrowing story behind ‘the photo of the year’: Russian war tears Ukrainian family apart on the platform
