In the past week, the world order has been shattered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the first major military action between European nations in decades.
Refugees from Ukraine are seen after crossing Ukrainian-Polish border due to Russian military attack on Ukraine. Medyka, Poland on February 25, 2022. Photo: AFP or licensors
Here are some of the most stirring images of both the fighting and scenes from Ukraine, and protests around the world, including New Zealand.
People hold cards with free accommodation and transport offer for Ukrainian citizens who arrive with a bus to a supermarket parking lot after crossing Ukrainian-Polish border in Medyka due to ongoing Russia's attacks on Ukraine. Photo: AFP / Andalou
People hold up placards during a march to protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Melbourne on February 27, 2022. Photo: AFP or licensors
A woman is crying after arriving on a train from Ukraine to the railway station in Przemysl, Poland on February 25, 2022. Photo: AFP or licensors
A woman holds her sleeping child while sitting on the ground at Lviv central train station in Western Ukraine on February 26, 2022. Photo: AFP or licensors
Children are sleeping on the floor at Lviv central train station in Western Ukraine on February 26, 2022. Photo: AFP or licensors
Smoke rises from a Russian tank destroyed by Ukrainian forces in Lugansk region on February 26, 2022. Photo: AFP or licensors
Photo: AFP
Photo: AFP
Oksana Zelanik, of Seattle and born in Ukraine, holds a "pray for Ukraine sign" during a "Rally Against the War With Ukraine" event in Seattle, Washington on February 26, 2022. Photo: AFP or licensors
Photo: 2022 Getty Images
Photo: AFP
Firefighters work at a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit, on February 25, 2022. Photo: AFP / Genya Savilov
Helga Tarasova hugs her daugther Kira Shapovalova as they wait in a undergound shelter during bombing alert in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on February 26, 2022. Photo: AFP
A woman clears debris at a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit, on February 25, 2022. Photo: AFP or licensors
Ukrainians in Paris protest against Russia's invasion today. Photo: AFP or licensors
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Photo: AFP
Photo: AFP
Photo: AFP/ Radio RMF Poland/ Mateus Zchlystun
A fragment of a destroyed Russian tank is seen on the roadside on the outskirts of Kharkiv on February 26, 2022, following the Russian invasion. Photo: AFP or licensors
Photo: AFP / Facebook account of Volodymyr Zelensky
The body of a rocket stuck in a flat after recent shelling on the northern outskirts of Kharkiv on February 24, 2022. Photo: AFP / Sergey Bobok
Damage to the upper floors of a building in Kyiv after it was reportedly struck by a Russian rocket. Photo: AFP
Photo: AFP
People in Wellington's Civic Square to protest against Russia's offensive in Ukraine. Photo: RNZ/Jake McKee
A woman walks in front of a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit, on February 25, 2022. Photo: AFP or licensors
Activists hold placards and flags as they gather in Lafayette Square to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Washington, DC. Photo: AFP or licensors
Ukrainians carry babies after arriving with a bus from the Ukrainian-Polish border crossing in Medyka. Photo: AFP or licensors
Russia President Vladimir Putin meets with permanent members of the Security Council on the Ukraine situation at Kremlin, Moscow, on Friday Feb 25, 2022. Photo: AFP or licensors
Photo: AFP
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the nation in Kyiv early on February 25, 2022. Photo: Handout / UKRAINE PRESIDENCY / AFP
Drone image of heavy traffic on a road heading out of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as people flee the capital city in anticipation of Russian military operations. Photo: AFP or licensors
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: AFP
Photo: AFP
Photo: AFP
Ukrainian military vehicles move past Independence square in central Kyiv on February 24, 2022. Photo: AFP / Daniel Leal
Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya during the United Nations security councils emergency meeting to discuss the threat of a full-scale invasion by Russia of Ukraine. Photo: 2022 Getty Images
Firefighters work on a fire on a building after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv on February 24, 2022. Photo: AFP / Aris Messinis