Daily Life In Abkhazia

People pass by the Council of Ministers of Abkhazia building in Sukhumi, the capital of the breakaway Georgian region. The building was destroyed in the 1992-93 war with Georgia.

People enjoy the sun on the banks of the Black Sea in Sukhumi.

A man fishes on a pier in Sukhumi's harbor.

An abandoned boat on a beach in Sukhumi

A girl rides a swing in the town of Tkvarcheli, some 50 kilometers southeast of Sukhumi.

Local resident Vitaly Benia rests on a bench at an abandoned railway station in the town of Tkvarcheli.

A cow grazes in the town of Tkvarcheli.

Elderly people stand in a queue to receive their pension payments in the town of Tkvarcheli.

An abandoned cable car in the town of Tkvarcheli

A woman counts money at a market in the town of Tkvarcheli.

A rooster on sale at a market in the town of Tkvarcheli

A vendor waits for customers at her stall at a market in Sukhumi.

An abandoned ore-mining and -processing factory in the town of Tkvarcheli

An abandoned gate near the town of Ochamchira, some 50 kilometers southeast of Sukhumi