In Pictures: Armenians Leaving Conflict-Hit Nagorno-Karabakh
The Armenian government said that more 6,500 Nagorno-Karabakh residents had fled to Armenia as of Monday evening. Moscow said that Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh were assisting the evacuation.
Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh sit in a truck on their way to Kornidzor in Syunik region, Armenia. Thousands of Armenians have streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region last week.
A child sleep on a bag with clothes and other belongings as ethnic Armenians gather in hope to leave Nagorno-Karabakh region for Armenia in the center of Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh ride a truck on their way to Kornidzor in Syunik region, Armenia.
Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh walk along the road from Nagorno-Karabakh to Kornidzor in Syunik region, Armenia.
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Ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh arrive in Kornidzor, Syunik region, Armenia.
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An Ethnic Armenian man who was injured during an explosion at a crowded gas station in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, is transported to the National Burn Medical Center in Yerevan, Armenia.