Kyrgyzstan
The Shore at Lake Kel-Suu
Tormented landscape by Lake Kel-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, a few kilometers from the Chinese border. Credit: Antoine Béguier (France) Find more of the series here. Find all of our photos… [...]
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… [...]
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… [...]
Plane monument
This plane monument gave its name to a… [...]
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A primary school teacher teaches her students at the start of the new school year in the remote village of Ak Shirak in Kyrgyzstan. Although the start of the school… [...]
Back to School in Kyrgyzstan
A young pupil waits for his first lesson in the 2021 school year. As a relic from the Soviet era, pupils in Kyrgyzstan proudly wear their uniform. The mouth-nose protection,… [...]
The Konorchok canyon
The Konorchok canyon in the Chuy valley, on the road from Bishkek to Issyk-Kul, has a spectacular geology, due to the erosion of particularly soft yellow and ochre… [...]