On the outskirts of Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan, small brick and tin houses stand alongside the modern residences of the centre. Credit: Antoine Béguier (France) Find more photos from the series here. Find all of our photos of the day here.

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From the Baiterek Tower, which overlooks the centre of Nur-Sultan, it is possible to observe the new architecture of the city, which houses palaces, administrations and offices. Credit: Antoine Béguier (France) Find more photos from the series here. Find all of our photos of the day here.

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Nur-Sultan was built on wide flat semi-desert steppes. This geographical situation facilitates the expansion of the capital of Kazakhstan. Despite the massive construction of luxury buildings, the capital is struggling to attract new inhabitants. Crédit: Antoine Béguier Find all of our photos of the day here.

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Les appartements de standing font de Nur-Sultan une ville difficile d’accès aux classes populaires. Expropriations, reconstructions et arrivée massive de nouveaux habitants (fonctionnaires et cadres en tête) génèrent une pression immobilière forte qui fait fuir les bas revenus de la récente capitale du Kazakhstan. Credit: Antoine Béguier (France) Find more photos from the series here.

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The Bayterek tower offers a breathtaking view of Nurzhol Boulevard, one of the major pedestrian thoroughfares of the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan. Credit: Antoine Béguier (France) 

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Nurzhol Boulevard is a major pedestrian thoroughfare in the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan. The Bajterek (“big poplar”) tower, a symbol of the city since 1997, is one of the city’s main tourist attractions. This observation tower, designed by the architect Akmurza Rustembekov, is said to be contrived by Nursultan Nazarbayev himself. Credit: Antoine Béguier (France) Find more photos from the series here.

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Residents on their way to their flats in a large housing estate on the outskirts of Nursultan, the capital of Kazakhstan.Credit: Raban Haaijk (Netherlands)Find all of our photos of the day here.

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A modern glass building is dedicated to the National University of Arts in Nur-Sultan.Credit : Raban Haaijk (Netherlands)

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Unusual perspective in the “Nur Alem” building, which was built for Expo 2017 in the Kazakh capital Nur Sultan, is the largest spherical building in the world. Credit : Raban Haaijk (Netherlands)

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Experiencing a futuristic elevator during the Astana 2017 Expo in the Kazakh capital of Nur Sultan, formerly known as Astana. Credit: Raban Haaijk (Netherlands) Find all of our photos of the day here.

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A man is praying alone in Hazrat Sultan Mosque in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. It is the second largest mosque in Central Asia.

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Prigorodny has long been a peaceful holiday resort for the inhabitants of Tselinograd, a secondary town about 20 kilometres away. In 1998, Tselinograd became Astana, and then Nur-Sultan, the flamboyant capital of Kazakhstan, and Prigorodny went from being a holiday village to a suburb by default.

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In the suburbs of Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan, located between the international airport and the ultra-modern buildings of the 2017 World Expo, the Prigorodny dachas are living on borrowed time. Residents know they will be evicted one day. New buildings are already springing up in the district, as well as new infrastructures, more in line with the real needs of the inhabitants: schools, shops, playgrounds. The uncertainty of the actual dates of eviction is making residents anxious. They already look back on their gardens with nostalgia, as if this district with the charm of another time already belongs to the past.

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Nourjol Boulevard is the main pedestrian artery of Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan. The great Báıterek Tower that stands in the middle of the city has become the symbol and the main attraction of the Kazakh capital. Around the monument, bars and ice-cream vendors try to give a little bit of humanity to this great cold complex.

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When you move away from the strange and extravagant hypercentre of Nur-Sultan, the capital of Kazakhstan, the architecture becomes particularly banal.

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