In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, Anushavan (62) stands in a pomegranate orchard in the yard of his home, in the village of Ukhtasar, Nagorno-Karabakh. He holds a Kalashnikov assault rifle kept from the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

14.10.2020#6517362

In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, a rocket remaining after the shelling lies in a field, in the city of Martuni (Khojavend), the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

11.10.2020#6517363

In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, Azat Gevorkyan and his wife Anaik are pictured before leaving their home in Lachin, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which is the final district to be returned to Azerbaijani control following the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.

28.11.2020#6517364

In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, Murad Mvrgaryan and his son Vahak carry items from their home before leaving Lachin, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which is the final district to be returned to Azerbaijani control following the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.

30.11.2020#6517401

In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, an excavated grave is pictured in a cemetery in Lachin, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Some residents exhumed the remains of relatives and took them to rebury in Armenia, when they left their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh following the November peace agreement.

30.11.2020#6517402

In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, Abovyan Hasmik (69) cries at the door of her house in the village of Nerkin Sus, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

30.11.2020#6517403

In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, residents ride down a street in the village of Taghavard, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The village was divided between Armenia and Azerbaijan after the November peace agreement.

13.04.2021#6517404

In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, Areg sits outside a burning house in the village of Karegakh, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Some village residents burned their houses before leaving areas that were to return to Azerbaijani control following the November peace agreement.

25.11.2020#6517405

In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, Hakob Tersyan (60) looks out the window of his house in Lachin, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

18.12.2020#6517406

In this photo from the series "Paradise Lost" by Rossiya Segodnya staff photographer Valery Melnikov, which has received the first prise in the category General news of the World Press Photo award, a burning house is pictured in the Kelbajar region, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. According to the peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Kelbajar region came under the control of the Azerbaijani authorities. Some residents set fire to their homes before leaving for Armenia.

25.11.2020#6517412