24 December 2022
![Local people buy and sell food ahead of Christmas and the New Year festivities in Mariupol](/assets/images/mariupol/5825524556987679.jpg)
Local people buy and sell food ahead of Christmas and the New Year festivities in Mariupol, in Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022.
— Photo by Alexei Alexandrov / AP Photo
![A woman walks past an armoured vehicle of pro-Russian troops in front of the destroyed theatre in the southern port city of Mariupol](/assets/images/mariupol/3566573982678729.jpg)
A woman walks past an armoured vehicle of pro-Russian troops in front of the destroyed theatre in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine.
— Photo by Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters
![Workers demolish a multi-story apartment block which was destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol](/assets/images/mariupol/4535528862744985.jpg)
Workers demolish a multi-story apartment block which was destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022.
— Photo by Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters
![Lamp poles in the shape of doves in front of a heavily-damaged apartment building in Mariupol](/assets/images/mariupol/2379544452774847.jpg)
Lamp poles in the shape of doves in front of a heavily-damaged apartment building in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022.
— Photo by Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters
![The dome of an Orthodox church seen behind a destroyed building in Mariupol](/assets/images/mariupol/5764999439249575.jpg)
The dome of an Orthodox church seen behind a destroyed building in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022.
— Photo by Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters