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View from the old cemetery “Mizdakhan” in western Uzbekistan, only a few kilometers away from the Turkmen border, to the ruins of the fortress “Gyaur Kala”, which was built in the 4th century BC.Credit: Simon Kretschmer (Germany).Find all of our photos of the day here.

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View from the old cemetery “Mizdakhan” in western Uzbekistan, only a few kilometers away from the Turkmen border, to the ruins of the fortress “Gyaur Kala”, which was built in the 4th century BC.Credit: Simon Kretschmer (Germany).Find all of our photos of the day here.

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A Kazakh cemetery on the Ustyurt plateau in western Uzbekistan, probably already several hundred years old. As nomads, the Kazakhs probably also used fixed places to bury their dead – the individual graves can be recognized by the stones piled up. Credit : Simon Kretschmer (Germany) Find all of our photos of the day here.

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A Kazakh cemetery on the Ustyurt plateau in western Uzbekistan, probably already several hundred years old. As nomads, the Kazakhs probably also used fixed places to bury their dead – the individual graves can be recognized by the stones piled up.

Credit : Simon Kretschmer (Germany)

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The old cemetery “Mizdakhan” is located outside of Nukus, in Karakalpakstan, in western Uzbekistan. Credit: Simon Kretschmer (Germany) Find all of our photos of the day here.

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The old cemetery “Mizdakhan” is located outside of Nukus, in Karakalpakstan, in western Uzbekistan.

Credit: Simon Kretschmer (Germany)

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Nestled between two mountains, this traditional Kyrgyz cemetery in the Naryn region of central Kyrgyzstan houses the remains of ancestors from the surrounding villages. Credit: Clara Marchaud (France)

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Nestled between two mountains, this traditional Kyrgyz cemetery in the Naryn region of central Kyrgyzstan houses the remains of ancestors from the surrounding villages.

Credit: Clara Marchaud (France)

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