A boy is seen with his favorite pet a green lizard, on his shoulder in the village of Hornostaipil, region of Chernobyl, Ukraine June 2012.

An elderly man is standing in his house on the offshore of the "Kiev Sea", in the village of Strakholisiya, June 2012.

On the coast of the Kiev Sea, Sukholuchchya,Ukraine June 2012. 

A wallpaper showing the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula is seen in the neighborhood of Bucha, some few km from the Kiev Sea in Ukraine, June 2012. 

A local man plays an accordion in the village of Hornostaipil, Ukraine June 2012. 

Local Ukrainian school girls dressed in traditional Ukrainian folklore costumes are seen in the village of Hornostaipil, Ukraine June 2012. 

General view of the so called "Kiev Sea" , village of Sukholuchchya, Ukraine, June 2012. 

A boy is going out from the Kiev Sea waters in the village of Sukholuchchya, June 2012. 

Portrait of an Ukrainian school girls during an annual celebration for the end of the 2011-2012 Academic year, June 2012. 

Abandoned house in the village of Medvin, Ukraine June 2012. 

Boys are fishing in the Kiev Sea waters, Chernobyl region, Ukraine June 2012. 

Women are celebrating the day of the Orthodox Pentecost, Christian holiday that memorializes the pouring out of Holy Spirit on the Apostles of Jesus Christ in the village of of Hornostaipil, Ukraine June 2012.

An elderly resident of the village of Sukholuchchya is planting tomatoes and peppers, Ukraine June 2012. 

A boy is seen in his home in the village of Medvin, situated only 3 km from the border with the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, June 2012. 

A local Ukrainian man is showing his tattoo, which shows the border lines of the former Soviet Union and reads “CCCP” (USSR), village of Hornostaipil , Ukraine, Chernobyl region, June 2012. 

An elderly woman is selling flowers in the village of Yasnohorodka,Ukraine June 2012. The village is situated at one of the branches of the Kiev Sea and the water from the Kiev reservoir or so called "Kiev Sea" is used by the local people for irrigation, drinking and daily needs. 

Swans can be seen painted on many different places around the entire region of Chernobyl 30km exclusive Zone today. Once the swans were regular guests in the Kiev Sea waters. June 2012. 

A child is playing near the Kiev Sea in the village of Sukholuchchya few kilometers from Chernobyl Zone, Ukraine June 2012.