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[Note: full captions will be added on 3 March] Natalia (name changed), 62 years old, married, one child, 1 abortion.I got pregnant for the first time in April 1986, around the time of explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. If it was not the first pregnancy of a woman, the gynecologist advised not to have a baby. .I was 31 and this was my first pregnancy. So the doctor told me to take a hoilday immediately and leave the Chernobyl area for some time - no one knew what the consequences after the explosion could be. Throughout the pregnancy, I was praying that my baby would be fine. I did not calm down until I gave birth and saw that everything was fine with the baby. .I didn't dare to have more children. The fear of the consequenses was the main reason why I had an abortion the second time. The other reason was the fear that I would not cope with two small children. It was painful and scary. (Tatsiana Tkachova) NO SALES, THIS MATERIAL IS FOR SINGLE USE PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT OR FOR A TEMPORARY ONLINE PUBLICATION, AND MAY BE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO PUBLICIZE THE 2020 WORLD PRESS CONTEST AND EXHIBITION. IT MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED AS PART OF AN ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER ITEM THAT CONTAINS NO DIRECT LINK TO WORLD PRESS PHOTO AND ITS ACTIVITIES. THE PICTURE MAY NOT BE CROPPED OR MANIPULATED IN ANY WAY. KEYSTONE PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO. THE COPYRIGHT IS OWNED BY A THIRD PARTY.