Laurel Chor

Photographer & Journalist

www.laurelchor.com

Ukraine

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Location: Hong Kong

Biography: Laurel Chor is a freelance journalist, photographer, and filmmaker based in Hong Kong. A National Geographic Explorer, she has reported from more than 20 countries around the world. In the past, she has worked for the New York Times, the Los... MORE

A tank team from the 10th Separ...bas, Ukraine on March 7, 2023.

A tank team from the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade, also known as "Edelweiss", operating and firing at Russian positions from an undisclosed location in Donbas, Ukraine on March 7, 2023.

Two women embrace in front of a...rated from Russian occupation.

Two women embrace in front of a mass grave in Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, where authorities had begun exhuming bodies on April 8, 2022, not long after the area was liberated from Russian occupation.

A Ukrainian artillery truck fir...bas, Ukraine on Nov. 11, 2022.

A Ukrainian artillery truck fires in an undisclosed location in Donbas, Ukraine on Nov. 11, 2022.

A man with a dog stands amidst ...eld in Lviv on March 15, 2022.

A man with a dog stands amidst soldiers at the funeral for several military personnel who were killed in a strike on a base, held in Lviv on March 15, 2022.

People carrying luggage on the ...ern Ukraine on March 13, 2022.

People carrying luggage on the platform of the train station in Lviv in Western Ukraine on March 13, 2022.

Yehor, a tank driver for the 10...bas, Ukraine on March 7, 2023.

Yehor, a tank driver for the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade, also known as "Edelweiss", peers from the tank after operating and firing at Russian positions from an undisclosed location in Donbas, Ukraine on March 7, 2023.

Albina hugs her mother for the ...nine months, on Sep. 23, 2022.

Albina hugs her mother for the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in her home city of Izium, which had been occupied by Russian forces for nine months, on Sep. 23, 2022.

An elderly man waves at a Ukrai...ide of Kyiv, on April 6, 2022.

An elderly man waves at a Ukrainian tank in the recently liberated neighborhood of Irpin, outside of Kyiv, on April 6, 2022.

An elderly woman embraces her d...tern Ukraine on March 5, 2023.

An elderly woman embraces her daughter, who has chosen to evacuate from their village of Fedorivka, which had been suffering intense shelling, in eastern Ukraine on March 5, 2023.

A young girl holds a teddy bear...ern Ukraine, on Nov. 15, 2022.

A young girl holds a teddy bear while sitting on an evacuation bus run by volunteers in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on Nov. 15, 2022.

An elderly man mourns in front ...ine, in Kyiv on Nov. 29, 2023.

An elderly man mourns in front of the open casket at the funeral of Ukrainan soldier Serhiy Pavlichenko, who died in combat in the Zaporizhzhia region in Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv on Nov. 29, 2023.

Makeshift crosses mark two grav... been taken by Russian forces.

Makeshift crosses mark two graves of people buried in trenches that were dug into the side of the road in the town of Soledar, eastern Ukraine, on Dec. 11, 2022. Soledar has since been taken by Russian forces.

Volunteers carry a disabled wom...v, Ukraine, on April 16, 2022.

Volunteers carry a disabled woman in a stretcher down the stairs of her apartment building in Saltivka, one of the most heavily shelled neighborhoods in the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on April 16, 2022.

A married couple sitting in a c... of Ukraine, on April 6, 2022.

A married couple sitting in a car look out at the destruction of their neighborhood in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv that was occupied by Russian forces, for the first time since they fled at the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, on April 6, 2022.

The bodies of two Russian soldi...liberated by Ukrainian forces.

The bodies of two Russian soldiers, next to which a cardboard box with the letter “Z” (a symbol of the Russian armed forces) had been placed, lie on the ground in the village of Makiivka, Luhansk, on Nov. 16, 2022, days after it was liberated by Ukrainian forces.

Members of the audience reach f...show in Kyiv on Feb. 11, 2023.

Members of the audience reach for drag queen Adele at a drag show in Kyiv on Feb. 11, 2023.

A woman breathes in the scent o... occupation, on April 5, 2022.

A woman breathes in the scent of a fresh loaf of bread given to her by volunteers in the neighborhood of Bucha, outside of Kyiv, soon after it was liberated from Russian occupation, on April 5, 2022.