A young boy fiddles with his mobile phone as he rides his mule home through the countryside in the Sughd region of northern Tajikistan. On his way, he passes by a dilapidated Soviet-era bus stop.

Credits: Massimiliano Macrì (Italy, @tarakano_me)

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