As the lights dim on the stage of the Opera, it’s not difficult to imagine that 136 pieces of shrapnel and bullets have been removed from the bodies of the boys on stage. As they dance, all one sees is their passion to keep living.

Specialists from the Ministry of Internal Affairs are working to alleviate the anxiety of the forcibly displaced children from Artsakh by offering psychological first aid. Their journey is captured in this photo story by Ani Gevorgyan.

During any given football match, over 14,000 fans flock to the Vazgen Sargsyan Stadium in Yerevan to watch the game. At the same time, 200 others make their way to the same match but with a different aim –– to turn their backs to the field.

More than 500 forcibly displaced Armenians from Artsakh are now in the village of Zorak in Armenia’s Ararat region, where several families are living together in one house, some even in their trucks. Photojournalist Ani Gevorgyan tells their story.

Living in war and its consequences requires great strength and mental effort. Photojournalist Ani Gevorgyan talks to people “who create and live in art”, who believe we have to learn to live with war and not run away from reality.

Two years after the end of the 2020 Artsakh War, wounded soldiers are trying to return to some sense of normalcy. Their strength and resolve are captured by photojournalist Ani Gevorgyan.