Kyiv, Ukraine
'Slavo Ukraini'
Tulips hang from the barbed wire at one of the barricaded entrances to Kyiv's Independence Square, known as the Maidan, serving as memorials to the fallen protestors—known as the Heavenly Hundred—who died during the clashes there.
Thousands of pro-Russia demonstrators filled Lenin Square in Donetsk, Ukraine, calling for the return of ousted President Viktor Yanukovich, who fled to Russia after last month’s deadly protests in Kyiv.
A woman watches through a bus window as pro-Russia demonstrators march through Donetsk.
A man stands near a barricaded entrance to Kiev's Maidan as life slowly resumes after deadly clashes.
A pro-Russia demonstrator argues with riot police in Donetsk, as thousands march from Lenin Square calling for the return of ousted President Viktor Yanukovich.
A pro-Russia demonstrator taunts riot police in Donetsk.
A woman pauses at a makeshift memorial at a barricaded entrance to Kyiv's 'Maidan.'
Kyiv's Maidan, Independence Square.
On the eve of Crimea’s referendum, armed men—believed to be Russian soldiers—stand near a Ukrainian base in Perevalnoye, near Simferopol.
A man looks out from his departing train at Simferopol station in Crimea, as some residents flee fearing violence during the referendum on joining Russia.
Riot police stand guard in Donetsk awaiting thousands of pro-Russia demonstrators marching from Lenin Square.
A woman joins a demonstration by Crimean Tatars, a Turkic ethnic group native to Crimea, in Kyiv's Independence Square.
Elvera Umerova, left, sits with her mother, Muniver Umerova, center, and friend Zrema Nasibulayeva, right, watching Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov on a Tatar TV channel in their Krasnogvardeyskoye home on March 14, 2014. Muniver, 75, was exiled to Uzbekistan as a child during Stalin’s deportation of Crimean Tatars and returned only in 1990. "I grieve very much," she says. "I'm very saddened ... because with these Russians we didn't have any childhood, and now I can't finish my days in peace."
Residents of Crimea line up to vote on joining Russia, in Simferopol, Ukraine.
A man stands watch over the two ballot boxes at a polling location in Simferopol, Ukraine.
A Crimean resident burns a voting invitation in protest of the referendum to join Russia, in Simferopol, Ukraine.
A man dances in the street in celebration of Crimea’s vote to join Russia, in Simferopol, Ukraine.
Men wear the Russian flag as they walk around Simferopol, Ukraine on the day of Crimea's vote to join Russia.
A bride and groom stop at a pro-Russia rally in Lenin Square in Simferopol, Crimea. As they walk away after posing for photos, the bride shouts, “Make love, not war.”