Photographer Maggie Shannon spent two weeks on the road with her husband in the summer of 2021, capturing the joy pie brings in pie-eating contests at county fairs across the country.
In a remote province in the southeast tip of Poland, surrounded by snow and bare trees, 11 burly men in orange suits are hard at work rebuilding rail tracks first put down in the 19th century.
The EU welcomes Ukrainian nationals displaced by the Russian invasion. Expectations are in place for EU government to assist these refugees in their search for a place to land.
"We don't even know that they are alive," two sisters with family in Mariupol are among the over 2 million people who have fled the Russian war in Ukraine. Many are passing through Lviv on their way.
The first of Ukraine's fallen soldiers are starting to come home. Two men were killed on the front lines in Russia's war on Ukraine. Hundreds gathered to mourn at their funeral on Tuesday.
At church, Ukrainians pray for an end to war. But a rift is forming: The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has defended Moscow's invasion. Some in Ukraine want to break away from his leadership.
Many Polish families are offering temporary lodging for Ukrainians who have fled. Some Poles are fostering Ukrainian children who had been living at a home for orphaned or neglected children.
Thousands of Ukrainians have arrived in Poland after the country declared its borders open to refugees escaping the Russian incursion. But some are returning to Ukraine to find family or to fight.
As Russia invades their country, Ukrainians fleeing conflict are crossing into bordering nations. Satellite images show miles of cars and trucks waiting to cross into Romania.
