Novastan

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… [...]

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… [...]

Coleus in the Bathtub

In Tajikistan, by decorating the Khoja Obi Garms Sanatorium with a colourful variety of indoor plants in various places, the staff strive to bring a little colour into the cold… [...]

Kashgar Uyghurs

Two Uyghur men sitting on a bench near the old town of Kashgar in the Uyghur region of western China called Xinjiang in Chinese. Credit: Editorial Find… [...]

Graffiti in the sun

The city’s canals of Bishkek, most of which are now dry, have been taken over by graffiti artists from the Kyrgyz Capital. Credit: Simon Massicotte Find… [...]

Mosque in the Jewish quarter

In the winding old town of Samarkand there is a small mosque in the Jewish quarter for the coexistence of different religions in a small space. Credit: Justine Paci… [...]

In a Kyrgyz playground

Three children walk across their school playground to decorate their classroom for the start of the school year. Credit: Antoine Béguier (France)Find… [...]

Fish factory in Turkmenbashi

View of what is probably a fish smokehouse. Photo taken at the fishing port of Turkmenbashi through an aperture in the security fence. Credit: Joachim Bohndorf Find… [...]

Making naan

Women baking Uzbek naan bread in the tandoor, in a backstreet of Khiva’s old town. Credit: Konstantin Novakovic (Serbia) Find all of our… [...]

Cloudy thoughts

A break to enjoy the scenery around Son-Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan. Credit: Ryad Hitouche (France)Find all of our photos of… [...]