5-year-old Giorgi Ekhvaia, left, plays with friends beside an offshoot of the Enguri River in Khurcha. The opposite bank just a few feet away is occupied Abkhazia. A large Russian base is located in Nabakevi, the village on the other side of the river, and cameras and sensors have been installed by Russian FSB border guards to detect anyone who tries to cross.
A display at a museum dedicated to the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia, located in the border village of Ergneti. Ergneti is the closest village in Georgian-controlled territory to Tskhinvali, the de-facto capital of South Ossetia, and was once the site of a bustling market where Georgians and Ossetians would trade with one another.
Zaira Jigania, an IDP from Abkhazia, lives alone in a room in the same building as Zugdidi council's cleaning department. She has spent years fighting to get her own apartment but hasn't succeeded yet.
A Russian-built watch hut in the hills north of Mejvriskhevi.
Members of the Nikozi Cathedral choir during practice at the village's art school.
The resort town of Anaklia is the furthest point north on the Black Sea coast that is controlled by the Georgian government.
Residents of Abkhazia walk towards the occupied territory across the Enguri Bridge.
Private minibuses provide transport across the Enguri Bridge for 1 lari. Only vehicles with Abkhaz-issued number plates are permitted on the Abkhazian side.
Boys clean up after a pottery session at Nikozi Art School. The school was founded by Isaiah, the Bishop of Nikozi & Tskhinvali, to provide a range of extra-curricular activities including pottery, music and English lessons.
The village of Jariasheni is cut off from the fields to its north by wire.
Throughout Georgia, playing dominoes is a popular way to relax after a hard day's work. Dirbi, as with all villages along the occupation line with South Ossetia, relies on growing produce such as apples, tomatoes and cherries.
The 270 metre Enguri Dam redirects water from the Enguri River to hydroelectric power plants located in occupied Abkhazia. The resulting electricity is shared equally between Abkhazia and Georgian-controlled territory.
A school group from Tsalenjikha tours the Enguri Dam. At the end of the tunnel on the right are the pipes that feed water to hydroelectric power plants in Abkhazia.
A poster on display at the school in Koki, a village near the Enguri River.
A funeral procession winds its way towards the cemetery in Nikozi.
Border infrastructure on the western edge of Adzvi. A Russian base sits on the hill behind.
Before the Divine Liturgy at Nikozi Cathedral, which is located about half a mile from the nearest Russian troops. Nikozi was bombed and occupied by the Russians during the 2008 war.
Boys play football in Shamgona, a village that lies a short distance from the nearest Russian troops on the other side of the Enguri River.
Women stand outside their IDP accommodation in the centre of Zugdidi. Many people have lived in poor conditions in buildings like this since they were displaced during the 1992-1993 Abkhaz War.
Nikozi Climbing Club provides after-school sessions three times per week for children living in the area.
A house in the village of Otobaia, on Abkhaz-controlled territory, can be seen across the Enguri River.
Members of the Georgian media photograph a dog at an Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting held in no man's land in Ergneti.
Abandoned houses on the occupation line near Bershueti. A Russian border guard base sits behind them.
Giorgi Abalaki walks beneath the grapevines in his garden. He lives in the last house before the boundary line with South Ossetia in the village of Kirbali. 76-year-old Giorgi has lived alone since his wife died several years ago.
A table in Giorgi Abalaki's house dedicated to his late wife Vera.
A fake surveillance camera installed by Russian FSB border guards to the north of Ganmukhuri.
EUMM monitors Tamás Fekete and Roger Brandin survey fishing boats south and north of the Abkhazian boundary line at Anaklia.
A power transformer in the border village of Khurcha. The village gets it electricity from Abkhazia which leaves it vulnerable to the whims of the de-facto authorities.
Spectators watch Dila Gori play Samgurali Tskaltubo at Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium. During the 2008 war buildings near the stadium were bombed before the Russian military occupied the town.
Brothers play as their new puppy explores their garden in Orsantia, directly beside the Enguri River.
The last stretch of Georgian-controlled territory gives way to no man's land in Ergneti. The de-facto capital of South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, can be seen through the trees.
A cow stands near the bridge which formerly provided a crossing point between Orsantia on Georgian-controlled territory and Otobaia in Abkhazia. The crossing was closed by the Russian military in 2016.
Men fish in a pond that sits next to the occupation line in Khurcha. Nearby is a small bridge that provided a crossing point with Abkhazia until it was closed by Russian forces in March 2017.
All three destinations on this road sign leading from Zugdidi to the Enguri Bridge are inaccessible for the vast majority of Georgians.
A Georgian police officer on a ridge in Upper Nikozi overlooking Tskhinvali, the de-facto capital of South Ossetia.
A mural showing the borderisation process on a wall in Gori, which was bombed and occupied by Russian troops during the 2008 war.
Residents of the border village of Khurcha in the local shop.
A villager drives his tractor along the southern bank of the Enguri River in Orsantia.
A group of 5- and 6-year-olds watch Tom and Jerry at a pre-school run by the Danish Refugee Council for the children of IDPs in Military Town, Senaki. The IDP settlement has around 3,000 residents and was formerly accommodation for those stationed at the nearby military base.
A man gestures while talking about Joseph Stalin in front of a statue of the Soviet leader in Mejvriskhevi. Born in nearby Gori, Stalin still has many supporters in his homeland.
Boys pick alucha plums from their garden in Ditsi. They are eaten raw or used to make the popular Georgian sauce called tkemali.