Khnatsakh is located directly next to the border with Azerbaijan. The only road into the village is in plain sight of an Azerbaijani post, leaving the residents feeling vulnerable.
Ruben Balyan and his son Garnik in their house in Kornidzor, a village which lies directly beside the border with Azerbaijan. Ruben is a member of Ashkharazor, a territorial defence organisation, and so is allowed to own a Kalashnikov rifle.
An Armenian soldier talks on the phone near a military position in Aravus.
People inside Khnatsakh's village shop.
On a hill just outside Khnatsakh are Armenian and Azerbaijani positions located 25 metres apart. The two sides will often throw stones at each other. Due to its proximity to the Azeri position, the Armenian side was not shelled during the two-day conflict in September 2022 in which hundreds of soldiers were killed.
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh eat dinner at the Hotel Goris. The Armenian government is covering the cost of accommodation for those who are unable to return home. The hotel is currently hosting around 150 people.
Armenian servicemen at the Tegh checkpoint. In the distance are the first hills of Nagorno-Karabakh.
A villager in Nerkin Khndzoresk.
Members of the Asparez dance group from Stepanakert light candles in a church in Goris. They were taking part in a competition in Tbilisi before the blockade separated them from their families.
A Russian soldier in the centre of Goris. The Russian peackeeping force was set up as part of the ceasefire agreement following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War. It operates in the Lachin Corridor and along the line of contact between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan.
Residents of the Armenian border village of Kornidzor enjoy a sunny day in mid December.
The commander of an Armenian military position on the border with Azerbaijan walks through the trenches.
Two members of the Asparez dance group play table tennis in the Hotel Goris.
Russian soldiers outside the Hotel Goris, one carrying the luggage of a female acquaintance who left with them.
Signs forbidding passengers to carry weapons are displayed on a vehicle belonging to the ICRC at the Tegh checkpoint.
Margo Baghdasaryan is interviewed by an Armenian camera crew at the Hotel Goris. She travelled from Stepanakert, where her husband is currently hospitalised, shortly before the blockade began on 12 December and is now unable to return home to be with him.
Men dancing after a New Year's Eve dinner at the Hotel Goris.
An Armenian soldier uses a long-range listening device as an Azerbaijani position 600 metres away is hidden by fog.
Members of the Asparez dance group return to the Hotel Goris after watching a film about the Armenian military commander Garegin Nzhdeh. Larry Avanesyan, the group's teacher, says that today "unity is the answer."
"In such situations, what we can do as an Armenian nation is to be unified and stand still on our land. Not by taking aggressive steps but by standing our ground. We need to protect what we have."
A police officer from Nagorno-Karabakh speaks to a driver at a checkpoint near the village of Tegh. The checkpoint was closed to general traffic by the Armenian authorities once the Azerbaijani blockade commenced.
A fish tank in the reception of the Hotel Goris, surrounded by bags of aid provided by the Armenian government for people unable to return to Nagorno-Karabakh due to the closure of the Lachin Corridor.
The Asparez dance group performs at a concert to celebrate the Christmas lights switch-on in Grigor Tatevatsi Square, Goris.
A Russian soldier peers from a bus window at the Tegh checkpoint as around 100 peacekeepers travel to Yerevan airport to return home.
Guests at the Hotel Goris stand outside to smoke.
An abandoned Lada Niva on the edge of Nerkin Khndzoresk. In the background are new buildings belonging to Armenia's National Security Service, whose border guards patrol the edges of the village.
A young dancer from Stepanakert consoles her friend after a man sings an Armenian folk song during a New Year's Eve Dinner at the Hotel Goris.
Igor Sazonov, a senior officer in the Russian peacekeeping force, leaves the Tegh checkpoint after negotiations with protestors demanding the reopening of the Lachin Corridor. Yura, right, is a resident of Stepanakert who travelled to Armenia with his son Gor. They have spent many days parked at the checkpoint since the blockade began.
Larry Avanesyan and Alyona Danielyan prepare New Year's Eve presents for the other dancers from Nagorno-Karabakh.
Residents of Goris visit a military cemetery for some of those killed in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Anita Kagramanyan, a member of the Asparez dance group, walks up a hill on the edge of Goris to film a video.