epa11265999 Miners work in one of the shafts in the coal mine in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, 08 April 2024. The miners are working at a depth of more than 260 metres, 24 hours a day, in three shifts. According to mine operators, among the more than 4.000 workers, there are 600 women and more than a hundred work in technical positions underground after the Ukrainian government changed the law in 2023 when many men left the mines to join the army and positions in the mine became vacant. EPA/Maria Senovilla
