Police try to control thousands of refugees during scenes of turmoil at the train station as thousands of refugees wait to get on a train or a bus.

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A woman holds a child as she stands among a group of refugees crowding onto one of the few available buses taking them to various destinations as they seek to travel onto Western Europe.

US Army soldiers rest after spending the night in a tank during NATO Iron Sword joint exercises.

An US Army soldier is one of several colleagues from various NATO countries to take part in the military parade on National Day.

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An elderly woman walks along the village's main street towards the Russian border.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

A group of refugees, trying to get on one of the scarce trains, camp out at the station.

Two crying children standing beside a group of riot police in the middle of turmoil at the train station as thousands of refugees wait to get on a train or a bus.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

A group of refugees trying to get on one of the scarce trains at the station.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

A medals ceremony at the end of ARRC (Allied Rapid Reaction Corps) exercises.

A border guard checks beneath the coat of an Ukrainian man entering Poland.

Ukrainian troops are trained in mobile artillery by the US Army at the International Peacekeeping Training Center.

Improvised posters with pictures of missing people and telephone numbers of an organisation that facilitates reunions.

A refugee child walks along the train tracks towards the station.

Ukrainian troops are trained in mobile artillery by the US Army at the International Peacekeeping Training Center.

Ukrainian troops are trained in mobile artillery by the US Army at the International Peacekeeping Training Center.

A vehicle from the Canadian Army drives past several tanks in the International Peacekeeping Training Center where Ukrainian troops are trained by Canadian and US Army.

A group of refugees rests in the shade of a tree, close to the Hungarian border, marked by a hand-painted sign.

A few metres from Russia's Kaliningrad enclave stands one of twelve watch towers surrounding the territory.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

A group of refugees wait for a rare bus at the roadside.

Lieutenant colonel John Evans from the US Army during NATO Iron Sword joint exercises.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

Roman, a worker at a thermal power station in Narva, on an ice fishing trip on Peipsi Lake.

An US Army soldier dug in at a machine gun position before a battle during NATO Iron Sword joint exercises.

A group of refugees crowd on to one of the scarce trains which has arrived without any indication of its destination.

A border guard, working at the crossing between Poland and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, examines passports.

A refugee woman and her son cross the rail tracks at a station.

Communication stations housed within containers during DARS exercises.

Tents to accommodate troops from several countries including US, Canada, UK, Czech Republic, Georgia and Lithuania during NATO Iron Sword joint exercises.

An estonian border guard heading towards a hovercraft to patrol the lake.

Razor wire at the border between Horgos, Serbia and Roszke, Hungary which remains closed after Hungarian authorities closed the crossing.

A group of refugees, wait in the hope of getting on one of the scarce trains or buses that arrive and leave without notice from the town.

Refugees in a shelter.

A group of refugees walk to an area in the village where they'll be picked up by buses taking them to various destinations as they seek to travel onto Western Europe.

A refugee boy, with a smaller child in his arms, wait at the train station.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

A Tartar couple in a coffee shop in the city centre.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

The village's main street that ends with a boder fence at the Russian border.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

Refugees look through donated clothes being distributed by Solvenian NGO ADRA.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

Officers from the US and UK armies in the operations room during ARRC (Allied Rapid Reaction Corps).

A family of Chechen refugees who live in a refugee shelter.

Captain Kosinkas, from the Lithuanian army, in the situation room during NATO Iron Sword joint exercises.

A medals ceremony at the end of ARRC (Allied Rapid Reaction Corps) exercises.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

A housing and office building from the Soviet era besides two older and smaller buildings.

A watch tower on the Ukranian side of the border fence.

Razor wire at the border between Horgos, Serbia and Roszke, Hungary which remains closed after Hungarian authorities closed the crossing.

Grafitti onm a wall in the city.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

Refugees walk towards the Croatian border after Hungary closed its border with Serbia.

Members of the Latvian Army with colleagues from other NATO countries take part in the military parade on National Day.

A group of refugees rests on the ground at the foot of a crucifix built to bless the local agriculture.

Riot police heading to the border crossing with Serbia to confront refugees trying to get into Hungary from Serbia, after Hungary closed its border with Croatia.

A Camera Situation Room at the border checkpoint with Ukraine.

CTV screens in the situation room of the border checkpoint with Russia. At the bottom a television set broadcast the news on the refugee crisis.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

The border checkpoint with Russia.

Ukrainian troops are trained in mobile artillery by the US Army at the International Peacekeeping Training Center.

Captain Hardie, from the Canadian Army, with other officers in the situation room during NATO Iron Sword joint exercises.

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Guards at the entrance to the International Peacekeeping Training Center where Ukrainian troops are trained by Canadian and US Army.

A border guard in the office where false documents are anaylised.

To the left of the bridge over Narva River is the Ivangorob Fortress in Russia. To the right, the Hermanni Linnus Fortress, Estonia.

A group of refugees, trying to get on one of the scarce trains, camp out at the station.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

The border control point between Poland and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

A bronze statue of Lenin outside Hermanni Linnus Fortress.

Refugees, arriving from Serbia, are sheltered in a temporary military camp.

A refugee woman comforts her daughter crying during scenes of turmoil at the train station as thousands of refugees wait to get on a train or a bus.

People, mostly Ukrainians, crossing the border into Poland to go shopping where they can find more and better goods. Most of them will go back to Ukraine before the day ends.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

A group of refugees crowding onto one of the few available buses taking them to various destinations as they seek to travel onto Western Europe.

A border guard drives a quad bike through the village on the main street which runs to the Russian border.

Members of the US Army are among several NATO countries to take part in the military parade on National Day.

A crying child is held by volunteers during scenes of turmoil at the train station as thousands of refugees wait to get on a train or a bus.

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

Pages from 'La Grieta', a cross between a graphic novel and a photo story with images by Carlos Spottorno and journalist Guillermo Abril, the result of three years of work looking at the external bord...

An Afghan refugee protests at the Hungarian border, closed a few days earlier.

A group of refugees crowd on to one of the scarce trains which has arrived without any indication of its destination.

Police try to control thousands of refugees during scenes of turmoil at the train station as thousands of refugees wait to get on a train or a bus.

Refugee woman walk past the razor wire at the border between Horgos, Serbia and Roszke, Hungary which remains closed after Hungarian authorities closed the crossing.