The family had to send her home to Iran after they ran into difficulties renewing her visa, despite fears that a shaky ceasefire .

For years, short-term residency permits have allowed tens of thousands of Iranians to pursue economic opportunities and enjoy relative stability in neighboring Turkey. But it’s a precarious situation, and the war has raised the stakes.

鈥淚 swear, I cry every day,鈥� Haghshenas said, raising her hands from behind the counter of the pastry shop. 鈥淭here is no life in my country, there is no life here, what shall I do?鈥�

A daughter sent back

Haghshenas and her husband moved to Turkey five years ago with their then-teenage daughters and have been living on tourist visas renewable every six months to two years.

They could not afford a lawyer this year, because her husband is out of work due to health problems. As a result, they missed the deadline to apply for a new visa for their 20-year-old daughter, Asal, who is still in her final year of high school.

Asal was detained at a checkpoint earlier this month and spent a night at an immigration facility. Her mother found a friend to take her back to Tehran rather than face deportation proceedings that could complicate her ability to return to Turkey. They hope she can come back on a student visa.

Haghshenas has been unable to talk to her daughter since she left because of in Iran.

Many Iranians have temporary status

Turkey has not seen an influx of refugees, as most Iranians have sought safety . Many who have crossed the land border were transiting to other countries where they have citizenship or residency.

Nearly 100,000 Iranians lived in Turkey in 2025, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute. Around 89,000 have entered Turkey since the start of the war, while around 72,000 have departed, according to the United Nations’ refugee agency.

Some Iranians have used short-term visa-free stays to wait out the war, but there are few options for those who want to stay longer.

Sedat Albayrak, of the Istanbul Bar Association鈥檚 Refugee and Migrant Rights Center, said that getting international protection status can be difficult, and the system encourages Iranians to apply for short-term permits instead.

鈥淭here are people who have lived on them for over 10 years,” he said.

If the war continues, more may have to return

Nadr Rahim came to Turkey for his children鈥檚 education 11 years ago. Now, the war may force him to go home.

Because of the difficulty of getting a permit to start a business or work legally in Turkey, he lived off the profits of his motorcycle salesroom in Iran. But there have been no sales since the war started, and international sanctions 鈥� and the internet outage 鈥� make it extremely difficult to transfer funds.

His family only has enough money to stay in Turkey a few more months. His children grew up in Turkey and don’t read Farsi or speak it fluently. He worries about how they would adapt to living in Iran, but said 鈥渋f the war continues, we will have no choice but to return.鈥�

In the meantime, he spends most of his days scrolling on his phone, waiting for news from his parents in Tehran or discussing the war over waterpipes with Iranian friends.

鈥楢 bad life鈥� in Turkey and Iran

A 42-year-old Iranian woman came to Turkey eight months ago, hoping to make money to support her family. She and her daughter registered as university students to get study visas. She attends classes in the morning to keep her legal status before rushing to service jobs, sometimes working until 3 a.m.

They share a room with six other people at a women’s boarding house, she said, speaking on condition of anonymity out of fear for her security should she return to Iran.

鈥淚 truly love Iran. If necessary, I would even go and defend it in war,鈥� she says. But she sees no future there, while in Turkey, she鈥檚 barely scraping by and only able to send small amounts of money to her parents.

鈥淚 have a bad life in Turkey, and my parents have a bad life in Iran,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 came to Turkey with so much hope, to support my parents and build a future. But now I feel hopeless.鈥�

From one temporary refuge to another

A 33-year-old freelance architect from Tehran traveled to Turkey during in January. She had planned to return after the situation calmed down, but then the United States and Israel went to war with Iran at the end of February.

鈥淚 started to believe that it鈥檚 a very bad situation, worse than I expected,鈥� she said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of persecution if she returns to Iran.

She has been unable to work for her usual clients back in Iran because of the internet blackout. With the end of her 90-day visa-free window approaching, she can’t afford to apply for a longer stay in Turkey.

Instead, she has decided to go to Malaysia, where she will get free accommodation in return for building shelters during a month of visa-free stay.

She has no plan for what comes next.

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The morning assault by Iran鈥檚 paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came after U.S. President Donald Trump indefinitely extended the ceasefire with Iran due to expire within hours, giving Tehran time to come up with a 鈥渦nified proposal鈥� ahead of possible negotiations.

A second ship came under fire in the strait a short time later with no reported damage, according to the British military鈥檚 United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center.

The maritime monitoring center did not immediately identify who fired on the second vessel, but suspicion immediately fell on Iran, whose leaders appear poised to drive a harder bargain with American negotiators this time after two other rounds of talks with the Trump administration ended in open warfare.

Hard-line supporters of Iran鈥檚 theocracy held rallies across the country late Tuesday that included the Revolutionary Guard moving missiles and launchers into public places for the first time since the ceasefire started in a sign of defiance to Israel and the U.S., which devoted much of their airstrike campaign to destroying the county’s ballistic missile arsenal.

While American and Israeli airstrikes have stopped in Iran 鈥� and Tehran’s missile attacks no longer target Israel and the wider Middle East 鈥� Wednesday’s attack in the strait and earlier American interdictions of Iranian ships suggest the threat remains at sea. Without any diplomatic agreement, those attacks may continue and .

Trump said the U.S. would continue its blockade of Iranian ports, which Iran has called 鈥渦nacceptable,鈥� and has indicated was a reason it had not yet agreed to join talks in Islamabad.

The Revolutionary Guard vowed Wednesday to 鈥渄eliver crushing blows beyond the enemy鈥檚 imagination to its remaining assets in the region.鈥�

Iran claims ship ignored warnings before attacked

Wednesday’s attacks in the Strait of Hormuz came after the U.S. after shooting it this past weekend and associated with Iran鈥檚 oil trade in the Indian Ocean.

The UKMTO, the monitoring agency that first reported the attacks, said the first ship was attacked at 7:55 a.m. by a Revolutionary Guard gunboat that did not hail the ship before firing. It added that nobody was hurt in the attack.

Iran’s Nour 太子探花, however, reported that the Guard only opened fire on the ship after it had 鈥渋gnored the warnings of the Iranian armed forces.鈥� Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency described the attack as Iran “lawfully enforcing its control over the Strait of Hormuz.

In peacetime, about 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas transits the strategic waterway, which leads from the Persian Gulf to the open oceans and was fully open until the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28 to start the war.

Since then Tehran has throttled through the strait, causing to skyrocket and .

In early trading on Wednesday, Brent crude oil, the international standard, was trading at close to $98 a barrel, up more than 30% since the day the war started.

Pakistan forges ahead with diplomatic efforts

Pakistan has been working tirelessly to bring both sides together for a second round of talks.

So far, Iran has not committed but Pakistani officials there have expressed confidence that Tehran will send a delegation to resume negotiations. The first round April 11 and 12 ended without an agreement.

Over the weekend, Iran said that it had received new proposals from Washington, but also suggested that a wide gap remains between the sides. Issues that derailed the previous round of negotiations included , its regional proxies and the strait.

Following Trump’s announcement of the ceasefire extension, U.N. Secretary-General Ant贸nio Guterres said he hoped it would create 鈥渃ritical space for diplomacy and confidence-building between Iran and the United States,鈥� according to his spokesman, Stephane Dujarric.

One killed in drone attack in Lebanon

In Lebanon, where between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah broke out on Iran to start the war, the state-run National 太子探花 Agency said a morning Israeli drone strike on the village of Jabbour killed one and wounded two others.

Israel’s military denied that it had attacked the area.

Since a 10-day ceasefire went into effect there on Friday, there have been several Israeli strikes while Hezbollah claimed its first attack on Tuesday.

Since the war started, at least 3,375 people have been killed in Iran, according to authorities. More than 2,290 people has been killed in Lebanon, 23 people have died in Israel and more than a dozen have died in Gulf Arab states. Fifteen Israeli soldiers in Lebanon and 13 U.S. service members throughout the region have been killed.

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Rising reported from Bangkok. Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel and Bassem Mroue in Beirut contributed to this report.

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Los Angeles; Thursday, 10 p.m. EDT

LINE: Avalanche -157, Kings +131; over/under is 5.5

NHL PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND: Avalanche lead series 2-0

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche visit the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the NHL Playoffs with a 2-0 lead in the series. The teams meet Tuesday for the sixth time this season. The Avalanche won 2-1 in overtime in the previous matchup.

Los Angeles has a 15-17-9 record in home games and a 35-27-20 record overall. The Kings have a 26-4-11 record when scoring three or more goals.

Colorado has a 29-7-5 record on the road and a 55-16-11 record overall. The Avalanche have a 48-6-6 record when scoring at least three goals.

TOP PERFORMERS: Adrian Kempe has 36 goals and 37 assists for the Kings. Quinton Byfield has six goals and two assists over the past 10 games.

Nathan MacKinnon has 53 goals and 74 assists for the Avalanche. Gabriel Landeskog has scored three goals over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Kings: 5-2-3, averaging 2.9 goals, 4.3 assists, 3.3 penalties and 7.2 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game.

Avalanche: 8-1-1, averaging 2.2 goals, 3.8 assists, 3.5 penalties and seven penalty minutes while giving up 1.2 goals per game.

INJURIES: Kings: Kevin Fiala: out for season (leg).

Avalanche: None listed.

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Ottawa, Ontario; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Senators -124, Hurricanes +104; over/under is 5.5

NHL PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND: Hurricanes lead series 2-0

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes visit the Ottawa Senators in the first round of the NHL Playoffs with a 2-0 lead in the series. The teams meet Monday for the sixth time this season. The Hurricanes won 3-2 in overtime in the last matchup.

Ottawa has gone 23-12-6 in home games and 44-27-11 overall. The Senators have a 9-12-4 record in games their opponents serve fewer penalty minutes.

Carolina is 53-22-7 overall and 24-12-5 in road games. The Hurricanes have a 20-4-3 record in games decided by a goal.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dylan Cozens has 29 goals and 30 assists for the Senators. Fabian Zetterlund has four goals and two assists over the last 10 games.

Andrei Svechnikov has 31 goals and 39 assists for the Hurricanes. Logan Stankoven has eight goals and five assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Senators: 6-2-2, averaging 3.3 goals, five assists, 3.5 penalties and 8.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.1 goals per game.

Hurricanes: 8-1-1, averaging 3.8 goals, 6.6 assists, 3.5 penalties and 7.6 penalty minutes while giving up 2.2 goals per game.

INJURIES: Senators: Artem Zub: day to day (undisclosed), Tyler Kleven: day to day (upper body), Nick Jensen: out for season (lower-body).

Hurricanes: None listed.

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Boston; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT

LINE: Bruins -110, Sabres -110; over/under is 6

NHL PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND: Series tied 1-1

BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres visit the Boston Bruins for game three of the first round of the NHL Playoffs with the series tied 1-1. The teams meet Tuesday for the seventh time this season. The Bruins won the previous matchup 4-2. Viktor Arvidsson scored two goals in the win.

Boston is 45-27-10 overall and 12-13-3 against the Atlantic Division. The Bruins serve 11.9 penalty minutes per game to rank second in league play.

Buffalo is 17-7-4 against the Atlantic Division and 50-23-9 overall. The Sabres have a +43 scoring differential, with 283 total goals scored and 240 allowed.

TOP PERFORMERS: David Pastrnak has scored 29 goals with 70 assists for the Bruins. Sean Kuraly has one goal and five assists over the past 10 games.

Tage Thompson has 40 goals and 41 assists for the Sabres. Alex Tuch has five goals and five assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 4-4-2, averaging 2.9 goals, 5.3 assists, 4.1 penalties and 10.1 penalty minutes while giving up 2.4 goals per game.

Sabres: 6-3-1, averaging 3.5 goals, 5.8 assists, 5.3 penalties and 14.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game.

INJURIES: Bruins: None listed.

Sabres: Jiri Kulich: out for season (ear), Sam Carrick: out (arm), Justin Danforth: out for season (kneecap), Noah Ostlund: out (upper-body).

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Iran has not yet responded to Trump鈥檚 announcement of the ceasefire extension, and both countries have warned they were prepared to resume fighting if a deal isn鈥檛 reached.

Trump said Tuesday night in a social media post that 鈥淚ran doesn鈥檛 want the Strait of Hormuz closed, they want it open鈥� so they can sell their crude oil, after earlier saying that the U.S. military would maintain its blockade of Iranian ports.

Meanwhile, Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon traded some fire Tuesday, despite expected talks in Washington this week after a went into effect last Friday.

Since the war started, fighting has killed at least 3,375 people in Iran and in Lebanon. Additionally, 23 people have died in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states. Fifteen Israeli soldiers in Lebanon and 13 U.S. service members throughout the region have been killed.

Here is the latest:

Second ship comes under attack in Strait of Hormuz

A second ship came under attack Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz, the British military said, just a short time after Iran鈥檚 paramilitary Revolutionary Guard opened fire on a container ship.

The British military鈥檚 United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center did not immediately identify who shot at the second ship.

However, suspicion immediately fell on Iran, whose paramilitary Revolutionary Guard earlier opened fire on the container ship.

In the second attack, the cargo ship said it had been fired upon and was stopped in the water.

It said there was no reported damage to the vessel.

The attacks come days after the U.S. seized an Iranian container ship after shooting it this past weekend, and boarded an oil tanker associated with Iran鈥檚 oil trade Tuesday in the Indian Ocean.

Iranian missile rallies seen across country

Hard-line supporters of Iran鈥檚 government held rallies across the country late Tuesday that included the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard bringing missiles and their launchers into public places for the first time since the ceasefire in the war with Israel and the United States.

The scale of the demonstrations served as a sign of defiance to Israel and the U.S., which devoted a lot of their airstrike campaign to decimating Iran鈥檚 ballistic missile arsenal.

Iranian state media showed pictures, videos and wrote about missile demonstrations in Ahvaz, Arak, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, Kerman, Tabriz, Tehran, Qom and Zanjan.

The missiles included the Faheh, the Kheibar Shekan, the Khorramshahr-4 and the Qadr.

Some of those include the cluster munitions used repeatedly against Israel during the war as a means to get around the country鈥檚 air defenses.

Drone strike on eastern Lebanon kills 1

Lebanon鈥檚 state-run National 太子探花 Agency said the drone strike on the village of Jabbour early Wednesday also wounded two people.

The Israeli military denied that it had struck in that area.

Since a 10-day ceasefire went into effect Friday, there have been several Israeli strikes while Hezbollah claimed its first attack Tuesday.

Military planners meet on Hormuz mission

Britain and France are gathering military planners from about 30 countries to flesh out details of a mission to provide security in the Strait of Hormuz 鈥� if and when the key shipping route reopens.

Britain鈥檚 Defense Ministry said the two-day meeting at a U.K. command-and-control center in London aims to 鈥渢urn diplomatic consensus into a detailed military plan.鈥�

The plan is for an international mission to protect merchant vessels, clear mines and provide reassurance, and is dependent on a 鈥渟ustainable鈥� ceasefire being reached in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

Countries, including France and the U.K., have pledged to send ships and mine-clearing drones.

Despite skepticism that the plan will ever be put into action, British Defense Secretary John Healey said Wednesday he is 鈥渃onfident that, over the next two days, real progress can be made.鈥�

Iran hangs another man over alleged ties to Mossad

Iran hanged another man Wednesday over alleged ties to Israel鈥檚 Mossad intelligence agency as Tehran continues a series of executions during the war, and after nationwide protests in January.

The Mizan news agency of Iran鈥檚 judiciary announced the execution of Mehdi Farid.

It described Farid as working for a 鈥渟ensitive state organization鈥� and passing information to the Israeli spy agency.

It said Farid was convicted in Iran鈥檚 Qom province.

Human rights activists have long said Iran convicts people in closed-door trials without allowing defendants to properly defend themselves.

There have been multiple executions of alleged spies recently, as well as protesters and those affiliated with an Iranian exiled opposition group.

Container ship in strait 鈥榠gnored the warnings鈥� before attack, Iranian website says

Nour 太子探花, a website long affiliated with Iran鈥檚 Supreme National Security Council, said the Guard opened fire on the container ship after it had 鈥渋gnored the warnings of the Iranian armed forces.鈥�

Nour 太子探花 added the ship sustained 鈥渆xtensive damage鈥� in the attack.

Although the U.S. focused much of its fire in the war on Iran鈥檚 navy, sinking and heavily damaging dozens of vessels, the Guard operates a fleet of small attack boats, some of which apparently survived the war.

Those vessels typically carry mounted machine guns, and can be used for mining operations.

The Guard earlier Wednesday had vowed to 鈥渄eliver crushing blows beyond the enemy鈥檚 imagination to its remaining assets in the region.鈥�

The Guard 鈥渞emains at peak readiness and determination to continue the fight, prepared for a decisive, certain and immediate response to any threat or renewed aggression,鈥� the statement added.

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ary Guard opens fire on ship in Strait of Hormuz

Iran鈥檚 paramilitary Revolutionary Guard opened fire Wednesday on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging the ship and further raising the stakes as planned ceasefire talks in Pakistan failed to materialize.

The British military鈥檚 United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said the attack happened around 7:55 a.m. in the strait and targeted a container ship.

The UKMTO said a Guard gunboat did not hail the ship before firing.

It said no one was hurt and there was no environmental impact from the attack.

Iran鈥檚 semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies, believed to be close to the Guard, both reported on the attack, citing the UKMTO.

Fars went further to describe Iran as 鈥渓awfully enforcing鈥� its control over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of the world鈥檚 crude oil and natural gas traded once passed.

However, the strait had been considered an international waterway for the world鈥檚 shippers despite being in the territorial waters of both Iran and Oman.

The attack comes after the U.S. military seized an Iranian container ship after shooting it this past weekend, and after it boarded an oil tanker associated with Iran鈥檚 oil trade in the Indian Ocean.

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Today in history:

On April 22, 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon as thousands of homesteaders staked claims to nearly 1.9 million acres (770,000 hectares) of land that was formerly part of Indian Territory. By the end of the day, the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie were established with as many as 10,000 settlers each.

Also on this date:

In 1915, German forces unleashed their first full-scale use of chlorine gas against Allied troops at the start of the Second Battle of Ypres (EE鈥�-preh) in Belgium during World War I. Thousands of Allied soldiers are believed to have died from the poison gas attacks.

In 1954, the publicly televised sessions of the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings began, probing Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s allegations of communist influence within the federal government, the U.S. Army and other spheres of American life.

In 1970, an estimated 20 million Americans took part in the first Earth Day, a series of events proposed by Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin to promote environmental protection. It marked the start of the modern environmental movement.

In 1994, Richard M. Nixon, the 37th president of the United States and the first to resign from office (after the Watergate scandal), died at a New York hospital four days after suffering a stroke. He was 81.

In 2000, in a dramatic predawn raid, heavily armed immigration agents seized 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy at the center of an intense international custody dispute, from his relatives鈥� home in Miami. Elian was reunited with his father at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington and returned to Cuba in June.

In 2005, Zacarias Moussaoui (zak-uh-REE鈥�-uhs moo-SOW鈥�-ee) pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom outside Washington, D.C., to conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers to kill Americans. (Moussaoui was sentenced to life in prison in May 2006.)

In 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, operated by BP, sank into the Gulf of Mexico two days after a massive explosion that killed 11 workers. The explosion and fire touched off one of the largest environmental disasters in U.S. history, spewing hundreds of millions of gallons of oil over pristine Gulf coasts and fragile wetlands.

In 2016, the bodies of eight members of a single family were discovered shot at four homes in a southern Ohio county. Authorities later said a custody dispute triggered by a young mother’s refusal to give up her daughter prompted the massacre; four people were convicted in the case.

In 2025, gunmen shot and killed 26 tourists at a resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Police blamed militants fighting against Indian rule for the attack near the disputed region鈥檚 resort town of Pahalgam.

Today鈥檚 Birthdays: Actor Jack Nicholson is 89. Singer Mel Carter is 87. Author Janet Evanovich is 83. Filmmaker John Waters is 80. Basketball Hall of Famer Spencer Haywood is 77. Singer Peter Frampton is 76. Actor-comedian Ryan Stiles is 67. Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan is 60. Actor Sheryl Lee is 59. Actor-talk show host Sherri Shepherd is 59. Actor Eric Mabius is 55. Entrepreneur Sam Altman is 41. Actor Amber Heard is 40. Former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch is 40. Rapper-singer Machine Gun Kelly is 36. NFL wide receiver Rashee Rice is 26.

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Miami; Wednesday, 12:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Cardinals: Kyle Leahy (2-2, 5.21 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 13 strikeouts); Marlins: Janson Junk (0-2, 4.50 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 15 strikeouts)

LINE: Marlins -134, Cardinals +113; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: Both the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals are looking for a series win with a victory on Wednesday.

Miami has an 11-13 record overall and a 9-6 record at home. Marlins hitters have a collective .331 on-base percentage, the eighth-best percentage in the majors.

St. Louis has a 14-9 record overall and a 7-4 record in road games. The Cardinals are 7-0 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

The teams meet Wednesday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Otto Lopez has five doubles, two triples, three home runs and 11 RBIs for the Marlins. Agustin Ramirez is 7 for 37 with a double and two home runs over the past 10 games.

Jordan Walker leads the Cardinals with eight home runs while slugging .607. Alec Burleson is 13 for 41 with four doubles, two home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Marlins: 3-7, .249 batting average, 4.86 ERA, outscored by 12 runs

Cardinals: 6-4, .237 batting average, 4.95 ERA, outscored by six runs

INJURIES: Marlins: Esteury Ruiz: 10-Day IL (oblique), Ronny Henriquez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Christopher Morel: 10-Day IL (oblique), Adam Mazur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Griffin Conine: 10-Day IL (hamstring)

Cardinals: Hunter Dobbins: 15-Day IL (knee), Matt Pushard: 15-Day IL (knee), Lars Nootbaar: 60-Day IL (heels)

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San Francisco; Wednesday, 9:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani (2-0, 0.50 ERA, 0.72 WHIP, 18 strikeouts); Giants: Tyler Mahle (0-3, 7.23 ERA, 1.93 WHIP, 21 strikeouts)

LINE: Dodgers -207, Giants +172; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants host the Los Angeles Dodgers aiming to extend a three-game home winning streak.

San Francisco has a 4-7 record at home and a 10-13 record overall. Giants hitters are batting a collective .250, the ninth-best team batting average in MLB play.

Los Angeles is 16-7 overall and 7-4 on the road. The Dodgers are 13-3 in games when they record at least eight hits.

The teams meet Wednesday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Matt Chapman has four doubles, a triple, a home run and 12 RBIs while hitting .286 for the Giants. Jung Hoo Lee is 15 for 39 with three doubles and a home run over the past 10 games.

Andy Pages has five home runs, six walks and 21 RBIs while hitting .366 for the Dodgers. Freddie Freeman is 12 for 37 with three doubles, a triple and two RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 5-5, .267 batting average, 3.99 ERA, outscored by three runs

Dodgers: 6-4, .274 batting average, 3.10 ERA, outscored opponents by 20 runs

INJURIES: Giants: Jung Hoo Lee: day-to-day (leg), Daniel Susac: 10-Day IL (elbow), Jose Butto: 60-Day IL (arm), Jared Oliva: 10-Day IL (wrist), Reiver Sanmartin: 60-Day IL (hip), Harrison Bader: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Joel Peguero: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Hayden Birdsong: 60-Day IL (forearm), Jason Foley: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Randy Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Rowan Wick: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sam Hentges: 15-Day IL (shoulder)

Dodgers: Jake Cousins: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gavin Stone: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kike Hernandez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Landon Knack: 15-Day IL (undisclosed), Bobby Miller: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brusdar Graterol: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Brock Stewart: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Evan Phillips: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tommy Edman: 10-Day IL (ankle), Edwin Diaz: 15-Day IL (elbow), Blake Snell: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Mookie Betts: 10-Day IL (back), Ben Casparius: 15-Day IL (shoulder)

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Washington; Wednesday, 6:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Martin Perez (1-1, 2.21 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 10 strikeouts); Nationals: Zack Littell (0-2, 7.11 ERA, 1.74 WHIP, 14 strikeouts)

LINE: Braves -148, Nationals +123; over/under is 9 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Nationals play the Atlanta Braves after Luis Garcia had four hits on Tuesday in an 11-4 win over the Braves.

Washington has a 3-8 record at home and an 11-13 record overall. The Nationals have hit 27 total home runs to rank seventh in the majors.

Atlanta has a 16-8 record overall and an 8-4 record in road games. The Braves have hit 32 total home runs to rank fourth in the majors.

The teams square off Wednesday for the third time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Daylen Lile has six doubles and two home runs for the Nationals. James Wood is 7 for 36 with four home runs over the past 10 games.

Mauricio Dubon leads the Braves with a .313 batting average, and has seven doubles, two home runs, five walks and 14 RBIs. Michael Harris II is 12 for 33 with three home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Nationals: 5-5, .229 batting average, 5.87 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

Braves: 7-3, .281 batting average, 4.15 ERA, outscored opponents by 15 runs

INJURIES: Nationals: Trevor Williams: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ken Waldichuk: 60-Day IL (forearm), Josiah Gray: 60-Day IL (elbow), Cole Henry: 15-Day IL (shoulder), DJ Herz: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Braves: AJ Smith-Shawver: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ha-Seong Kim: 10-Day IL (finger), Spencer Strider: 15-Day IL (oblique), Danny Young: 60-Day IL (elbow), Spencer Schwellenbach: 60-Day IL (elbow), Joe Jimenez: 60-Day IL (knee), Sean Murphy: 10-Day IL (hip), Joey Wentz: 60-Day IL (knee), Hurston Waldrep: 15-Day IL (elbow), Raisel Iglesias: 15-Day IL (shoulder)

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Denver; Wednesday, 8:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Walker Buehler (1-1, 4.58 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 18 strikeouts); Rockies: Tomoyuki Sugano (1-1, 3.92 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 15 strikeouts)

LINE: Padres -162, Rockies +136; over/under is 11 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres aim to keep their three-game win streak alive when they visit the Colorado Rockies.

Colorado has a 9-15 record overall and a 6-5 record in home games. The Rockies have a 5-3 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

San Diego has a 7-3 record on the road and a 16-7 record overall. The Padres have an 11-1 record in games when they record at least eight hits.

Wednesday’s game is the sixth time these teams square off this season. The Padres hold a 5-0 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Mickey Moniak has three doubles and six home runs for the Rockies. Hunter Goodman is 9 for 37 with three doubles, three home runs and four RBIs over the last 10 games.

Jackson Merrill has six doubles and three home runs for the Padres. Xander Bogaerts is 11 for 35 with two home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rockies: 3-7, .228 batting average, 5.02 ERA, outscored by 23 runs

Padres: 9-1, .253 batting average, 2.83 ERA, outscored opponents by 16 runs

INJURIES: Rockies: Kyle Freeland: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Kris Bryant: 60-Day IL (back), Tyler Freeman: day-to-day (illness), McCade Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Pierson Ohl: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jeff Criswell: 60-Day IL (elbow), RJ Petit: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Padres: Jhony Brito: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nick Pivetta: 15-Day IL (elbow), Bryan Hoeing: 15-Day IL (elbow), Yuki Matsui: 15-Day IL (groin), Joe Musgrove: 15-Day IL (elbow), Griffin Canning: 15-Day IL (achilles), Will Wagner: 10-Day IL (oblique), Jeremiah Estrada: 15-Day IL (elbow)

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Chicago; Wednesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Kyle Backhus (0-0, 5.40 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, nine strikeouts); Cubs: Matthew Boyd (0-0)

LINE: Cubs -172, Phillies +144; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs, on a six-game home winning streak, host the Philadelphia Phillies.

Chicago has gone 9-5 at home and 14-9 overall. The Cubs have hit 27 total home runs to rank third in the NL.

Philadelphia has a 3-5 record in road games and an 8-15 record overall. The Phillies have a 4-10 record in games when they have given up a home run.

Wednesday’s game is the sixth time these teams square off this season. The Cubs are ahead 4-1 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dansby Swanson has a double, five home runs and 15 RBIs while hitting .187 for the Cubs. Nico Hoerner is 15 for 46 with a double and three home runs over the last 10 games.

Kyle Schwarber leads the Phillies with 12 extra base hits (four doubles and eight home runs). Bryce Harper is 11 for 35 with a double, a triple, three home runs and five RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cubs: 8-2, .296 batting average, 3.62 ERA, outscored opponents by 27 runs

Phillies: 2-8, .217 batting average, 5.73 ERA, outscored by 29 runs

INJURIES: Cubs: Shelby Miller: 60-Day IL (elbow), Matthew Boyd: 15-Day IL (biceps), Porter Hodge: 15-Day IL (elbow), Phil Maton: 15-Day IL (knee), Ethan Roberts: 15-Day IL (finger), Justin Steele: 60-Day IL (elbow), Christopher Austin: 60-Day IL (knee), Jordan Wicks: 15-Day IL (forearm), Daniel Palencia: 15-Day IL (oblique), Hunter Harvey: 15-Day IL (tricep), Cade Horton: 60-Day IL (forearm)

Phillies: Jose Alvarado: day-to-day (back), Zack Wheeler: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Max Lazar: 15-Day IL (oblique), Zach Pop: 15-Day IL (calf), Jhoan Duran: 15-Day IL (oblique), Jonathan Bowlan: 15-Day IL (groin)

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It began with whispers at work.

There was no official announcement about the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant when it happened in 1986 鈥� only fragments of information passed quietly among colleagues.

I was in my late 20s at the time and was a specialized underwater welder for a Kyiv institute that sent me to offshore platforms and classified military bases across the Soviet Union.

No one spoke openly about what happened at Chernobyl 鈥� which is transliterated as 鈥淐hornobyl鈥� in Ukraine 鈥� but unease was growing. There was a metallic taste in my mouth and a dryness in my throat. Others had it, but no one understood why.

The first official, brief acknowledgment came two days later 鈥� that an accident had occurred. Nothing more. People spoke in hushed tones about plant firefighters being flown to hospitals in Moscow.

Officially, life continued as normal.

At night, we tuned in to Western broadcasts 鈥� still considered subversive in those days 鈥� for news the state would not provide. We learned the accident had spread a plume of radiation beyond the USSR鈥檚 borders. Experts urged people to seal windows, wear masks and give iodine to children. I followed their advice, placing an iodine drop each day on a sugar cube to protect my thyroid gland from absorbing contamination.

Warnings from friends

My family home was in Kyiv, where a neighbor warned me about radioactive dust. Later, I saw her husband, a policeman, strip off his clothes in the stairwell and seal them in a bag before going inside.

A friend, a nuclear physicist, called and urged me to leave Kyiv for good, and some residents sent their children to other regions. I didn鈥檛 go. My parents were here and it was my home.

I found an old military radiation meter and checked everything 鈥� my apartment, my clothes, the streets. The readings were unsettling. At a playground, they climbed far above normal. At home, they were even higher. I used tape to lift the dust off my clothes.

Five days after the explosion, the annual May Day parade went ahead in Kyiv as planned. Thousands filled the streets, many of them children. I marched too, past a monument to Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, and was handed a banner praising the leadership.

Days later, the city hosted a cycling race, and spectators lined the streets as if nothing had happened. The state said nothing was wrong, but we already knew otherwise.

Evacuees arrive

After the accident, long columns of buses moved slowly into Kyiv, carrying thousands of evacuees from Pripyat, the city adjacent to Chernobyl where most of its workers lived.

I remember their faces 鈥� uncertain but calm. They were told they鈥檇 be gone only a few days. They left behind homes, belongings and pets who died waiting for owners who never returned.

Three weeks after the disaster, addressed the nation, giving no explanation for the delay or reporting fully what had happened.

A first visit

In autumn 1986, I first visited what became known as a 2,600-square-kilometer (1,000-square-mile) area, having been sent there as part of a team from my scientific institute, and later as a stringer photographer for the Soviet magazine, Ogonyok.

Silent apartment blocks stood beside schools, swimming pools and businesses that looked as if their occupants had just stepped out.

But what stayed with me most were those sent to contain the disaster. Firefighters, we learned, had dragged hoses across wreckage, trying to extinguish a blaze that water couldn鈥檛 quench. Tens of thousands of cleanup crews, or 鈥渓iquidators,鈥� were sent in to remove contaminated soil or seal the damaged reactor in concrete. Soldiers scraped radioactive debris from the plant鈥檚 roof, risking lethal exposure in minutes.

Then there were the coal miners. To prevent the plant鈥檚 radioactive fuel from reaching the groundwater, they dug tunnels beneath it through darkness and heat, often stripped to their shirts.

We had little protection 鈥� suits, boots and masks 鈥� that felt inadequate. Before leaving, we were inspected and washed down, as if that could undo any exposure. After each trip, I sealed my clothes in bags and discarded shoes and coats.

Information remained tightly controlled. Photographers had to hand over film after each assignment.

Shifting ground

But the truth already was spreading. People spoke more openly in Kyiv. The first protests were small and tentative but soon grew into larger demonstrations demanding answers 鈥� rallies that in turn formed the nucleus of Ukraine鈥檚 independence movement.

That was when my career as a journalist began. My photos were shown at an amateur exhibition, then published abroad. I thought I might be arrested.

By then, however, the Soviet system itself was under strain.

After the USSR collapsed in 1991 and Ukraine gained independence, I returned to the exclusion zone many times, often with scientists, police and firefighters. I was hired by the AP in 1989.

Another lasting image was seeing people awaiting medical checks. I photographed them 鈥� the very old and the very young 鈥� standing quietly for examinations for signs of illness.

Immediately after the accident, 30 plant workers and firefighters died from acute radiation sickness. Later, thousands of people died from radiation-related illnesses. Six photographers and cameramen sent there in the first days all died of illness later.

Inside the control room

Pripyat was frozen in time. At a hospital where the first victims were treated, radiation levels remained dangerously high.

Nearby was a vast machinery graveyard: Ambulances, buses, trucks, armored vehicles and helicopters used in the cleanup were abandoned as too contaminated. To photograph them, we moved quickly to minimize exposure.

Inside the power plant, dust hung thick in the air, catching the light. We moved quickly but carefully to the control room, where a routine test for Reactor No. 4 had gone wrong at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, triggering two explosions. Many buttons from the panels were missing 鈥� taken as souvenirs.

As we moved deeper into the plant, radiation levels rose, and we turned back. Some limits you do not cross.

Trying to contain radiation

As years passed, the original shelter over the reactor deteriorated, opening gaps where radiation leaked out. In 2019, the entire building was covered by an enormous arch-shaped shelter, designed to last generations. It seemed the situation finally was under control.

But in 2022, and pushing toward Kyiv. The troops dug positions in contaminated soil, disturbing what had long been buried. Three years later, damaged the protective structure. There was no radiation leak, but it was a reminder that the danger persisted.

Without people, the still-contaminated exclusion zone has recovered in unexpected ways. Forests have spread. Wildlife has multiplied. Rare species now move through places once defined by disaster.

Pripyat remains frozen, but it鈥檚 no longer entirely empty, as animals roam through it.

After 40 years, that could be the clearest truth: Lives were upended, and for a long time, reality was kept hidden. But left alone, nature endures 鈥� even at Chernobyl.

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This is a documentary photo story curated by AP photo editors.

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