Cyprus's UN buffer zone in pictures – where time stands still

A Cyprus Airways passenger jet stands in the abandoned Nicosia international airport Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

A sign marking the boundary of the United Nations buffer zone stands in the village of Pyla in Cyprus. Pyla is one of a few villages in the buffer zone, and it is home to a mixed community of both Greek and Turkish Cypriots Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

Photographic slides collected by UN soldiers in the abandoned commercial area in central Nicosia Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

A former cafe at the abandoned Nicosia airport Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

Coca-Cola and Pepsi bottles stand on a table at an abandoned cafe Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

Cars sit abandoned in a former shopping centre. The cars were imported from Japan to be sold at a Toyota dealership. They were stored here during the 1974 conflict and have not been moved since Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

A bird flies past an advertising billboard at the abandoned airport Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

A former commercial street in central Nicosia Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

A sign reading 'Tipping porters not allowed' is photographed through barbed wire at the abandoned airport Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

Objects found and collected by soldiers are seen in an abandoned commercial area in the UN buffer zone in Nicosia Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

Immigration counters at the abandoned airport Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

An import sticker on the window of a car in the buffer zone Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

The passenger departure area at the airport Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

Old televisions collected by soldiers in an old commercial area of central Nicosia Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters

The sign on top of the abandoned airport Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters