Sunset light is seen through the overgrown grass at a playground, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the city of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 27, 2022. More than 1 million children have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries in the less than two weeks since Russia started its invasion, the head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said early in March. Picture taken May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria 

Sunset light is seen through the overgrown grass at a playground, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the city of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 27, 2022. More than 1 million children have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries in the less than two weeks since Russia started its invasion, the head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said early in March. Picture taken May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria 

A bull run sign is overgrown by plants on the day the San Fermin festival was supposed to start as it has been cancelled for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in?Pamplona, Spain July 7, 2021.?REUTERS/Susana Vera 

An overgrown road leads to the site of the former Brandon Indian Residential School near where researchers, partnered with the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, located 104 potential graves in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, June 12, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon VanRaes 

A cow and a calf are seen in a meadow near a rapeseed field overgrown with poppies, in Bonavis, France, June 11, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol 

A visitor walks through an overgrown tulip bed as people walk around Lafayette Square after the fence was opened to allow public back inside the park following a closure that lasted months outside of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

Visitors walk past an overgrown tulip bed in Lafayette Square after the fence was opened to allow public back inside the park after a closure that lasted months outside of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

An overgrown tulip bed can be seen as people visit Lafayette Square after the fence was opened to allow public back inside the park after a closure that lasted months outside of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis 

Rental cars are seen in a parking lot overgrown by daisies, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the island of Rhodes, Greece, April 14, 2021. Picture taken April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi 

A notebook with messages written by visitors lies inside Kaze-no-Denwa (the phone of the wind), a phone booth up for people to call their deceased loved ones, at Bell Gardia Kujira-yama, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, in Otsuchi town, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, February 28, 2021. The note reads: "I came to (Itaru) Sasaki's garden for the first time 15 years ago. You may not remember it. I brought a small child. I heard a lot about the concept of this garden and the roses at the time. I was really looking forward to seeing what happened to this garden from that time. I couldn't come after the disaster, but I suddenly thought about it today and came here again with the 20-year-old son. I will come again when the flowers and vegetation in the garden are overgrown!" REUTERS/Issei Kato SEARCH "KATO PHONEBOOTH" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Steps on the empty and unused stands are overgrown with foliage during the GAA Galway Senior Football Championship quarter final between Corofin and Salthill-Knocknacarra, following the government restrictions on the attendance of fans amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Galway, Ireland, September 12, 2020. Picture taken September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Gino Verani and his wife Ines Prandini practice social distancing as they chat to their friends Gianni and his partner Anna, while their great-granddaughter Bianca Toniolo plays in overgrown grass nearby, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in San Fiorano, Italy, April 19, 2020. REUTERS/Marzio Toniolo SEARCH "TONIOLO GRANDFATHER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Overgrown plants sit inside a greenhouse at Dr. Cecilia Koo Botanic Conservation Center in Pingtung, Taiwan, July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang SEARCH "WANG RARE PLANTS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

It is the only property outside of Britain that Queen Elizabeth called home. A villa near Malta's capital, Valletta, where the heir to the English throne lived between 1949 and 1951, is about to get a new lease of life as a museum of the Mediterranean island's links with the United Kingdom and the royal family. The arcaded, two-storey property is a shadow of its former self. The rooms are bare, paint is peeling off the walls to reveal old murals beneath, the enclosed garden is overgrown and part of a colonnaded belvedere in it has collapsed. Now that the government of Malta has finally acquired the Villa Guardamangia after years of trying, it hopes to restore it to its former state when it was a charming, if relatively modest home for the future British queen. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "QUEEN ELIZABETH VILLA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A man walks through tall grass on an overgrown trail on the first day of the reopening of trails, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 9, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

A woman takes a picture of a boy wearing a protective face mask, next to overgrown grass at a closed park, after restrictions were partially lifted for children for the first time in six weeks, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, April 26, 2020. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Some of the acres of romaine lettuce is shown after having been plowed into the ground due to the loss of the restaurant market during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Holtville, California, U.S., April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Some of the acres of romaine lettuce are shown after having been plowed into the ground due to the loss of the restaurant market during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Holtville, California, U.S., April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Some of the acres of romaine lettuce is shown after having been plowed into the ground due to the loss of the restaurant market during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Holtville, California, U.S., April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Acres of romaine lettuce are shown after being plowed into the ground due to the loss of the restaurant market during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Holtville, California, U.S., April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Acres of romaine lettuce are shown after being plowed into the ground due to the loss of the restaurant market during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Holtville, California, U.S., April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Acres of romaine lettuce are shown after being plowed into the ground due to the loss of the restaurant market during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Holtville, California, U.S., April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Acres of ready-to-pick romaine lettuce are shown after being plowed into the ground due to the loss of the restaurant market during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Holtville, California, U.S., April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

Acres of ready-to-pick romaine lettuce are shown before being plowed into the ground due to the loss of the restaurant market during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Holtville, California, U.S., April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake 

An overgrown area where children usually play is pictured in Belfast as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Belfast, Britain, April 7, 2020 REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff 

Yuji Onuma, an evacuee from Futaba Town near tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, points to overgrown plants covering windows at his house in Futaba Town, inside the exclusion zone around the plant, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan February 20, 2020. Picture taken February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato 

One of Takahisa Ogawa's overgrown bee nests is seen in Futaba Town, near tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan February 17, 2020. Picture taken February 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mari Saito 

The remains of an abandoned bunker stands amongst overgrown greenery in Pingtung, Taiwan, December 30, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang SEARCH "TAIWAN BUNKER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Overgrown plants stand around a former artillery bunker in Leidishan Natural Park, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, January 1, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang SEARCH "TAIWAN BUNKER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A road sign and a road mirror are seen on a overgrown wall in Kiev, Ukraine October 6, 2019. Picture taken October 6, 2019. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 

A "Grotto of the Holy Family" is overgrown by weeds at Holy Land USA, a now closed theme park inspired by Bible passages and locales, in Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S., October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

The Stations of the Cross are overgrown by weeds at Holy Land USA, a now closed theme park inspired by Bible passages and locales, in Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S., October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

The Stations of the Cross and other replicas are overgrown by weeds at Holy Land USA, a now closed theme park inspired by Bible passages and locales, in Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S., October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder 

Overgrown bushes and grass are seen outside of a home in the West Washington neighborhood in South Bend, Indiana, U.S., June 26, 2019. Picture taken June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Lott 

Desks are seen outside an abandoned school in the town of Malakal, in the Upper Nile state of South Sudan, September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner SEARCH "MALAKAL BAZ" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

The overgrown cemetery is seen in the village of La Estrella, Spain, June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera SEARCH "SPAIN DEPOPULATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Goal post stands in an overgrown soccer field in the village of Alexandrovka, Russia June 29, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray SEARCH "GRAY ALEXANDROVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A barley field overgrown with poppies is seen during hot and dry weather in Cayeux-sur-Mer, France, June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol 

A barley field overgrown with poppies is seen during hot and dry weather in Cayeux-sur-Mer, France, June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol 

A decade after a massive earthquake rocked China's southwestern province of Sichuan, killing almost 70,000 people, the scars have begun to heal. The 7.9 magnitude quake which hit on May 12, 2008 was most devastating around its epicentre in Beichuan. Many of the houses that collapsed remain buried under the earth and are covered by overgrown bushes and weeds. In some of the houses still standing, now part of an open air memorial to the dead, wedding photos hang on the wall. Damaged school classrooms remain a mess, with books on the desks turning black with rot. Signs in Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean and French urge visitors to be careful where they tread to let the dead rest in peace. REUTERS/Jason Lee SEARCH "BEICHUAN ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: CHINA-QUAKE/ANNIVERSARY 

A residential house, damaged during fighting between Ukrainian troops and rebels, stands amongst overgrown plants near Donetsk airport, Ukraine, October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko SEARCH "ERMOCHENKO DAMAGE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Vegetation grows over parts of the Jiankou section of the Great Wall, located in Huairou District, north of Beijing, China, June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj SEARCH "SAGOLJ GREAT WALL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. 

An old rusted tin sits on the site of the old Cleveland tin mine, which stopped operating 30 years ago and as a result much of the prior infrastructure is overgrown by the surrounding temperate rainforest, located in the northwest of Australia's southern island state of Tasmania, November 17, 2016. Picture taken November 17, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray

Robin "Shorty" Halfacre looks towards the area containing the old Cleveland tin mine, which stopped operating 30 years ago and as a result much of the prior infrastructure is overgrown by the surrounding temperate rainforest, located in the northwest of Australia's southern island state of Tasmania, November 17, 2016. Picture taken November 17, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray

Robin "Shorty" Halfacre walks along a creek near the site of the old Cleveland tin mine, which stopped operating 30 years ago and as a result much of the prior infrastructure is overgrown by the surrounding temperate rainforest, located in the northwest of Australia's southern island state of Tasmania, November 17, 2016. Picture taken November 17, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray

You would never guess from inside Beverley Robinson's tidy flat, with its potted plants, family photos and panoramic view of London, that her building is awaiting demolition. But the corridor outside is eerily quiet and the children's playground downstairs lies empty and overgrown. Most neighbours have left and their old flats are shuttered up to deter squatters. The building is cut off from the street by a fence topped with sharp metal blades and manned by security guards. This is one of the flashpoints in London's housing crisis. Unaffordable rents and long waiting lists for social housing have made it harder and harder for people on low incomes to find homes in London, where average property prices have risen by 90 percent over the past 10 years, far outstripping income growth. Robinson and a few others are resisting a 1.5-billion-pound ($1.9-billion), two-decade scheme to flatten the dilapidated Aylesbury Estate, one of Britain's largest social housing projects, and build thousands of new homes in its place.REUTERS/Dylan Martinez SEARCH "AYLESBURY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Capital Development Authority (CDA) workers cut the overgrown grass and weeds along a road amid dense fog on a cold winter morning in Islamabad, Pakistan, January 13, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood 

General view of church ruins and the altar at Perthes-les-Hurlus, a former village of 151 inhabitants in 1914, seen November 3, 2015. The village is now largely covered by woodland and is located inside the Camp de Suippes, near Reims, France. Badly damaged headstones from the pre-war cemetery stand nearby the church. During World War One many French villages were destroyed, some never to be reconstructed because they were heavily damaged or because the nearby fields contain unexploded munitions, mines, explosives and artillery shells. The Camp de Suippes, opened in 1922, is a French Army training area for live artillery firing exercises, and closed to the public. The camp includes five damaged villages, with their churches and cemeteries that are overgrown with vegetation. Picture taken November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

General view of the ruins of the church at Tahure, near Reims, France, November 3, 2015. Tahure consisted of 185 people in 1914. The church and much of the village sit on a small hill - the Butte de Tahure - another place which became famous during the Great War. The wall foundations of the church were rediscovered in 1980, and these have now been excavated. Remarkably the original altar was found, and the bas-relief on its face is largely intact. Tahure is located inside the Camp de Suippes. During World War One many French villages were destroyed, some never to be reconstructed because they were heavily damaged or because the nearby fields contain unexploded munitions, mines, explosives and artillery shells. The Camp de Suippes, opened in 1922, is a French Army training area for live artillery firing exercises, and closed to the public. The camp includes five damaged villages, with their churches and cemeteries that are overgrown with vegetation. Picture taken November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

General view of church ruins and the altar at Perthes-les-Hurlus, a former village of 151 inhabitants in 1914, seen November 3, 2015. The village is now largely covered by woodland and is located inside the Camp de Suippes, near Reims, France. Badly damaged headstones from the pre-war cemetery stand nearby the church. During World War One many French villages were destroyed, some never to be reconstructed because they were heavily damaged or because the nearby fields contain unexploded munitions, mines, explosives and artillery shells. The Camp de Suippes, opened in 1922, is a French Army training area for live artillery firing exercises, and closed to the public. The camp includes five damaged villages, with their churches and cemeteries that are overgrown with vegetation. Picture taken November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

Various items are gathered in the ruins of the church at Perthes-les-Hurlus, a former village of 151 inhabitants in 1914, on the Champagne front near Reims, November 3, 2015. The village is largely covered by woodland now and is located inside the Camp de Suippes. Badly damaged headstones from the pre-war cemetery stand nearby the church. During World War One many French villages were destroyed, some never to be reconstructed because they were heavily damaged or because the nearby fields contain unexploded munitions, mines, explosives and artillery shells. The Camp de Suippes, opened in 1922, is a French Army training area for live artillery firing exercises, and closed to the public. The camp includes five damaged villages, with their churches and cemeteries that are overgrown with vegetation. Picture taken November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

The ruins of the 13th century church of St. Remi at Hurlus, sit atop a small mound, near Reims, France, November 3, 2015. Part of the sanctuary is still standing and three of the five windows are intact, but most the rest of the building has been reduced to rubble. Hurlus, a village with 88 inhabitants in 1911, is located inside the Camp de Suippes. During World War One many French villages were destroyed, some never to be reconstructed because they were heavily damaged or because the nearby fields contain unexploded munitions, mines, explosives and artillery shells. The Camp de Suippes, opened in 1922, is a French Army training area for live artillery firing exercises, and closed to the public. The camp includes five damaged villages, with their churches and cemeteries that are overgrown with vegetation. Picture taken November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

General view of the ruins of the church at Tahure, near Reims, France, November 3, 2015. Tahure consisted of 185 people in 1914. The church and much of the village sit on a small hill - the Butte de Tahure - another place which became famous during the Great War. The wall foundations of the church were rediscovered in 1980, and these have now been excavated. Remarkably the original altar was found, and the bas-relief on its face is largely intact. Tahure is located inside the Camp de Suippes. During World War One many French villages were destroyed, some never to be reconstructed because they were heavily damaged or because the nearby fields contain unexploded munitions, mines, explosives and artillery shells. The Camp de Suippes, opened in 1922, is a French Army training area for live artillery firing exercises, and closed to the public. The camp includes five damaged villages, with their churches and cemeteries that are overgrown with vegetation. Picture taken November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

A road signs set up by the Touring Club de France, a French organization seeking to preserve the nation's heritage on behalf of the tourist industry, indicates the remains of Hurlus, near Reims, France, November 3, 2015. Hurlus, a village with 88 inhabitants in 1911, is located inside the Camp de Suippes. During World War One many French villages were destroyed, some never to be reconstructed because they were heavily damaged or because the nearby fields contain unexploded munitions, mines, explosives and artillery shells. The Camp de Suippes, opened in 1922, is a French Army training area for live artillery firing exercises, and closed to the public. The camp includes five damaged villages, with their churches and cemeteries that are overgrown with vegetation. Picture taken November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

The ruins of the 13th century church of St. Remi at Hurlus, sit atop a small mound, near Reims, France, November 3, 2015. Part of the sanctuary is still standing and three of the five windows are intact, but most the rest of the building has been reduced to rubble. Hurlus, a village with 88 inhabitants in 1911, is located inside the Camp de Suippes. During World War One many French villages were destroyed, some never to be reconstructed because they were heavily damaged or because the nearby fields contain unexploded munitions, mines, explosives and artillery shells. The Camp de Suippes, opened in 1922, is a French Army training area for live artillery firing exercises, and closed to the public. The camp includes five damaged villages, with their churches and cemeteries that are overgrown with vegetation. Picture taken November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

General view of church ruins and the altar at Perthes-les-Hurlus, a former village of 151 inhabitants in 1914, seen November 3, 2015. The village is now largely covered by woodland and is located inside the Camp de Suippes, near Reims, France. Badly damaged headstones from the pre-war cemetery stand nearby the church. During World War One many French villages were destroyed, some never to be reconstructed because they were heavily damaged or because the nearby fields contain unexploded munitions, mines, explosives and artillery shells. The Camp de Suippes, opened in 1922, is a French Army training area for live artillery firing exercises, and closed to the public. The camp includes five damaged villages, with their churches and cemeteries that are overgrown with vegetation. Picture taken November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

General view of cemetery ruins at Mesnil les Hurlus, a former village of 97 people now included in the Camp de Suippes, near Reims, France, November 3, 2015. Badly damaged headstones from the pre-war cemetery stand nearby the church. During World War One many French villages were destroyed, some never to be reconstructed because they were heavily damaged or because the nearby fields contain unexploded munitions, mines, explosives and artillery shells. The Camp de Suippes, opened in 1922, is a French Army training area for live artillery firing exercises, and closed to the public. The camp includes five damaged villages, with their churches and cemeteries that are overgrown with vegetation. Picture taken November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau 

General view of cemetery ruins at Mesnil les Hurlus, a former village of 97 people now included in the Camp de Suippes, near Reims, France, November 3, 2015. Badly damaged headstones from the pre-war cemetery stand nearby the church. During World War One many French villages were destroyed, some never to be reconstructed because they were heavily damaged or because the nearby fields contain unexploded munitions, mines, explosives and artillery shells. The Camp de Suippes, opened in 1922, is a French Army training area for live artillery firing exercises, and closed to the public. The camp includes five damaged villages, with their churches and cemeteries that are overgrown with vegetation. Picture taken November 3, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau