The Japanese government's August 2023 release of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea sparked widespread protest in Japan and Korea, bringing into focus once again the catastrophe resulting from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Photojournalist James Whitlow Delano was granted access to the afflicted area in the immediate aftermath. His high-contrast, soft-focus images hauntingly evoke the tragedy and trauma of the events.

Family stories also anímate the work of photographer Katherine Turczan, born in the US to Ukrainian parents. Between 1991 and 2008, she made numerous trips to Ukraine, making informal yet intimate portraits that document and explore cultural links to her family's homeland. Her photographs evoke a period of calm and stability irrevocably damaged in the wake of the Russian invasion in 2022.