The Wider Image: With lives shattered by war, Ukrainian teens

Andrii Nonka, 15, from Kharkiv, talks on the phone as he walks in the Old Town in Gdansk, Poland, February 21, 2024. Nonka arrived in Poland on his birthday, March 6, 2022, with his mother. His father stayed in Ukraine. Occasionally, he feels a strong desire to go back home to see his friends and father. Joining a boxing club helped him find new friends and now he looks at Poland increasingly as an opportunity to find a good job, possibly in IT. “I think because of the war, I have matured quicker,” Nonka said. “For now, it is hard to tell where my home is. For now, my home is in Ukraine.” REUTERS/Kacper Pempel