Eerie scenes of the abandoned

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

No man's land: Eerie scenes of abandoned airport, empty buildings and streets criss-crossed with barbed wire in Cypriot region where nobody has been since the 1970s

These images show the decay which has eaten away at the parts of Cyprus swallowed by the UN's buffer zone in the wake of Turkey's invasion of the north of the island in 1974. Nicosia International Airport (top left and right) stands rusting and rotting - and has not seen a commercial flight since 1977. Meanwhile parts of the city of Nicosia itself (bottom right) are fortified while intimidating signs (centre) warn any trespassers of daring to stray into the protected area.