Former editor of the Belarusian anti-government Telegram channel and ex-prisoner Irina Shchastnaya looks on during an interview with AFP at a cafe in Bialystok on January 21, 2025. Having missed almost four years of her son's life while incarcerated in a Belarusian prison, Irina Shchastnaya still wants to zip up the 14-year-old's coat, struggling to digest how tall he grew in her absence. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP)