Tag: Photo of the day
Turkmen road
In north-eastern Turkmenistan, a Moskvitch 2140 on the M37 highway heading towards Turkmenabat. Unlike in the capital city, infrastructure throughout the rest of the country… [...]
Gyaur Kala
The ruins of the fortress Gyaur Kala are located on the outskirts of Nukus, in western Uzbekistan. The fortress was probably built in the 4th… [...]
Plastic bottles
Ubiquitous in the city, recyclers search through the trash for plastic bottles. Recently, their business face competition from the city which installed dozens of plastic-bottle bins. Credit:… [...]
Prayer in Hazrat Sultan
A man is praying alone in Hazrat Sultan Mosque in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. It is the second largest mosque in Central Asia. Credit: Antoine Beguier (France)… [...]
Masterclass
The 58-year old Buunisa Termechikova in the workshop of the Ethnological Museum in Sary-Mogol. With a participant of her master-class they apply hair on the dolls they fabricated. Buunisa… [...]
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War memorial
Plaques in front of the war memorial in Shymkent list the names of the over 140,000 people from the region who died in the Second… [...]
Sunrise market
At dawn, at the cattle market near Khiva in Uzbekistan. Credit: Maupu Anouk (France) Find all of our photos of the day here. [...]
Spring evening
The village of Kojomkoul in Kyrgyzstan is enjoying the last flashes of light before falling asleep in a dark and icy night. Credit: Antoine Beguier (France) Find more… [...]
Through the glass
The train rattles over the tracks between Nukus and Bukhara. Outside the window, the desert beckons. A rough, wild, and rugged land whizzes by. Credit: Ashley et Quentin… [...]
Friendship ties
A sculpture in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, near the White House celebrates the 100th anniversary of friendship between the USSR and Kyrgyzstan, called the Stella of Friendship. It… [...]
Bibi-Khanym Mosque
The mosque of Bibi-Khanym in Samarkand between shadows and sunlight. Kredit: Marek Felten (Germany) Find all of our photos of the day here. [...]