He said he didn't know how freely he would be allowed to travel, but after his first visit, he said he didn't think he'd seen enough and felt like there was more to do.
Mural near Kindergarten, Pripyat, 2006.
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"Consumers have been shopping strategically this season: Buying early and taking advantage of deals retailers have been promoting since late October," Adobe Digital Insights Director Taylor Schreiner said at the time.
"Black Friday still remains a major online shopping day, but the surge in online shopping is coming from the less marketed days of the season."
An empty shopping cart stands outside a Target store during a Black Friday sales event in Westbury, New York.
Shannon Stapleton/ReutersSource: InsiderKatie Canales contributed to an earlier version of this article.