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Scene from a Kulobi Wedding
After a 3 hour car journey filled with German ‘80s pop music to the house of the groom, a translator, in Kulob. After being fed a plentiful amount of… [...]
Non-Seller
A woman selling non, traditional Uzbek bread baked in the Tandir oven in Bukhara’s Kolkhoz Bazaar, Uzbekistan. Foto: Konstantin Novaković (Serbia) Find all of our photos of the day here. [...]
Fortresses and Walls
The archaeological site of Ayaz-Kala in Uzbekistan houses three fortresses with imposing mud-brick walls. Credit: Simon Kretschmer (Germany) Find all of our photos of the day here. [...]
In the Kotchkor Valley
The trekking route leads through the Kotchkor-Valley in Kyrgyzstan along some summer pastures (jailoos) to the high mountain lake Kol-Ykok and to the Kitchkine Pass at 3,885m. Credit :… [...]
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Grandma and Granddaughter
A family lives in a Djailoo (mountain summer pasture) in the Kelemche region, near Lake Son Kul in Kyrgyzstan. In winter the living conditions are harsh. The isolated farm… [...]
Monumental mosaic
Monumental mosaic in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.Credit: Anir Amsky Find all of our photos of the day here. [...]
Glance from the shade
A view of the buildings of the Shox-i-Zinda complex in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from one of the open mausoleums. Credit: Nils Dörling Find all of our photos of the… [...]
LGBTQIA Muslims: “An online imam with background music is hardly the absolute truth”
In this piece, initially published in Russian on The Village Kazakhstan and created with the support of the Unit network of journalists and activists, three queer Muslims from… [...]
Horses in the wild at Son Kul
On the pastures of Son Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan, horses are left to roam freely all day. They sometimes graze miles away from their owners’ camps. In the evening they… [...]