Hardening Positions on Afghanistan following Summit in Dushanbe

Held on 17 September in Dushanbe, the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) clarified member countries’ positions on Afghanistan. Bringing together China, Russia, and four… [...]

Carpets and tar

Train station in the morning light

Albina

Portrait of a young Kyrgyz woman during an outing with friends in the Ala Archa valley, south of Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan. For the occasion she wore a beautiful Ushanka… [...]

The Shore at Lake Kel-Suu

Tormented landscape by Lake Kel-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, a few kilometers from the Chinese border. Credit: Antoine Béguier (France) Find more of the series here. Find all of our photos… [...]

Glass Palace of Art

A modern glass building is dedicated to the National University of Arts in Nur-Sultan.Credit : Raban Haaijk (Netherlands) Find all of our photos… [...]