A nurses’ station decorated as a yellow submarine from the famous Beatles song is reflected in a mirror made as a porthole at the Lighthouse children’s hospice in Moscow.
Alexey Veselov, a 16-year-old boy with advanced stage leukaemia, lays with fluffy Bichon Frise named Snezhok, or Snowflake on the bed at the House with the Lighthouse children’s hospice.
Anastasia Goritko, 29, and her daughter Angelina, 12, at a rented apartment on the outskirts of Stavropol, about 1,400 kilometres (900 miles) south of Moscow.
LIDIA MONIAVA, 33, THE FOUNDER OF THE LIGHTHOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPICE, POSES FOR A PORTRAIT AT THE CLINIC
LIDIA MONIAVA, 33, THE FOUNDER OF THE HOUSE WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPICE, PUSHES KOLYA IN A SPECIALISED WHEELCHAIR DOWN THE STAIRS AT AN ENTRANCE OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
A MINIATURE LIGHTHOUSE IS SEEN ON THE PLAYGROUND OUTSIDE THE LIGHTHOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPICE IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
A GIRL IN A WHEELCHAIR IS ACCOMPANIED BY A VOLUNTEER AT THE CORRIDOR OF THE HOUSE WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPICE IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
A VOLUNTEER SWIMS WITH A LITTLE GIRL IN A SWIMMING POOL AT THE LIGHTHOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPICE IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
Vyacheslav Apanasenko. Photo: Supplied
Alexey Veselov, a 16-year-old boy with advanced stage leukaemia, lays on the bed at the House with the Lighthouse children’s hospice in Moscow, Russia.
PORTRAITS OF CHILDREN HANG ON A WALL AT THE LIGHTHOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPICE IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA..
SIGNS WITH THE NAMES OF CHILDREN THAT HAVE DIED AT THE LIGHTHOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPICE HANG ON A FENCE AT THE YARD OF THE HOSPICE.
ANNA LORENS, LEFT, A PAEDIATRICIAN AT THE LIGHTHOUSE CHILDREN'S HOSPICE, EXAMINES ARSENIY SHESTAKOV, AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH SEVERE CEREBRAL PALSY AND EPILEPSY, AS HIS MOTHER ELIZAVETA SHESTAKOVA LOOKS ON HOLDING HER YOUNGER CHILD AT THEIR HOME IN MOSCOW.
Arseniy Shestakov, an eight-year-old boy with severe cerebral palsy and epilepsy, at his home in Moscow.
A drawer full of medicine is seen at home of Anastasia Goritko.
Anastasia Goritko and her daughter Angelina.
A VOLUNTEER SWIMS WITH A LITTLE GIRL IN A SWIMMING POOL AT THE LIGHTHOUSE CHILDREN’S HOSPICE IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
LIDIA MONIAVA FEEDS KOLYA BEFORE THEY GET IN A TAXI IN MOSCOW.
Lidia Moniava and Kolya in Moscow.
Anastasia Goritko lays down with her head on her daughter Angelina, 12.
Alexey Veselov and Snezhok, pictured earlier this year.