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Wedged In

The southern road around Issyk-Kul to Karakol, wedged between the lake and the Tian Shan range. Credit: Alex Wordley Find all of our photos of… [...]

Building in Front of Mountains

In Issyk kul region, construction workers and bricklayers still working under winter temperatures. Credit: Inka Rommel (Germany) Find all of our photos of… [...]

Snow in the president’s Park

Team Spirit

Team photo of students at Yangirabod School in Uzbekistan. Credit: Ashley and Quentin (France) Find all of our photos… [...]

A rider and his dogs

Camels in the fields

Two dromedary camels roam snowy fields of the Jizzakh region, Uzbekistan. Credit: Saxon Bosworth (United Kingdom) during Mission: Find Aral. [...]

Shymbulak in Fog

Kunlun mountains

Players in action

Kok Boru players at the Issyk-Kul Lake in… [...]

Fall in Kyrgyzstan

A view of a surreal mountainscape on the road between Bishkek and Tokmok near the Alamedin Mountains, Kyrgyzstan. Photo: Nils Dörling Find all of our… [...]

High valleys north of Son Kul

The Kelemche valley runs parallel to the northern shore of Lake Son Kul in Kyrgyzstan. Several passes at an altitude of more than 3400 metres are sometimes… [...]

Border Gate in Ischkoschim

A snapshot from inside the car. A Volga is parked directly in front of the locked gate at the Tajik-Afghan border crossing in Ishkoshim. Whether the car and its occupants… [...]