Azerbaijan enters Aghdam, a city devastated by Armenian occupation

Azerbaijani army units rolled into Aghdam district which was ceded by Armenia in a peace deal that ended six weeks of heavy fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. The region had been under Armenian occupation for nearly three decades.

A car travels down a street of the deserted and ruined city of Aghdam, Azerbaijan, Nov. 19, 2020.

A view of a vast expanse of jagged concrete and houses reduced to ruins in Aghdam, after Azerbaijani forces were handed control of the city following a quarter-century of Armenian occupation, Aghdam, Azerbaijan, Nov. 20, 2020.

A view of a vast expanse of jagged concrete and houses reduced to ruins in Aghdam, after Azerbaijani forces were handed control of the city following a quarter-century of Armenian occupation, Aghdam, Azerbaijan, Nov. 20, 2020.

A journalist looks at the ruins of Tigranakert, an Armenian city dating back to the Hellenistic period, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. In marked contrast to the thorough destruction of Aghdam city, ethnic Armenians have taken assiduous care of one of their major historical sites in the province, Azerbaijan, Nov. 18, 2020.

In this image from video, Azerbaijani forces move toward Aghdam, Azerbaijan, Nov. 20, 2020.

An Azerbaijani religious official prays in a mosque in Aghdam after the city was handed over to Azerbaijan following a quarter-century of Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan, Nov. 20, 2020.

Azerbaijani religious officials and a military officer pray at a mosque in Aghdam after the city was handed over to Azerbaijan following a quarter-century of Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan, Nov. 20, 2020.

A view of a vast expanse of jagged concrete and houses reduced to ruins in Aghdam, after Azerbaijani forces were handed control of the city following a quarter-century of Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan, Nov. 20, 2020.

A view inside Aghdam Mosque in Aghdam, prior to Azerbaijani forces being handed control in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Nov. 19, 2020.

Azerbaijani religious officials and a military officer pray in a mosque in Aghdam after Azerbaijani forces were handed control of the city following a quarter-century of Armenian occupation, Azerbaijan, Nov. 20, 2020.

An Azerbaijani religious official prays in Aghdam Mosque after Azerbaijani forces were handed control of the city following a quarter-century of Armenian occupation, Aghdam, Azerbaijan, Nov. 20, 2020.

People celebrate the Azerbaijani military's arrival to the city of Aghdam, at Martyrs' Lane in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 20, 2020.

A young boy celebrates the Azerbaijani military's arrival in the city of Aghdam, at Martyrs' Lane in Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 20, 2020.