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Stolovaya in Almaty
This “Stolovaya” – a canteen – in Almaty, Kazakhstan,… [...]
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… [...]
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A modern glass building is dedicated to the National University of Arts in Nur-Sultan.Credit : Raban Haaijk (Netherlands) Find all of our photos… [...]
Coleus in the Bathtub
In Tajikistan, by decorating the Khoja Obi Garms Sanatorium with a colourful variety of indoor plants in various places, the staff strive to bring a little colour into the cold… [...]
Kashgar Uyghurs
Two Uyghur men sitting on a bench near the old town of Kashgar in the Uyghur region of western China called Xinjiang in Chinese. Credit: Editorial Find… [...]
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… [...]
Mosque in the Jewish quarter
In the winding old town of Samarkand there is a small mosque in the Jewish quarter for the coexistence of different religions in a small space. Credit: Justine Paci… [...]
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… [...]
Duppi and masks
On the main bazaar of Kashgar, with the colors of the traditional Uyghur duppi (hat) and the masks in these times of pandemic. Credit: The editorialFind… [...]