Belarus observes a day of remembrance for the world's worst nuclear disaster
Belarus pauses every year to reflect on the invisible scars left by the Chernobyl disaster, a catastrophe that permanently altered the nation's landscape and the health of its people.
The Day of Remembrance for the Chernobyl tragedy is observed annually in Belarus to honor those affected by the 1986 nuclear meltdown. Although the power plant was located in Ukraine, Belarus received about 70 percent of the radioactive fallout, contaminating vast stretches of farmland and displacing hundreds of thousands of residents.
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