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Mariana (C) reacts during the funeral of her son Nazary Gryntsevych, a Ukrainian soldier of the Azov Brigade callsign "Grinka", at a cemetery in Vinnytsia, on May 10, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.. "Grinka" was one of the youngest soldiers to hold the Azovstal steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol during a three-month-long siege that gave its defenders a cult status, before being captured by Russian troops when they seized Mariupol in May 2022, before being repatriated to Ukraine as part of a prisoner deal with Russia before once again returning to the battlefield where he was later killed. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024