Tag: Photo of the day
Endless white
In the north of Kyrgyzstan, the landscape resembles an endless ice landscape: the snow-covered mountains seem to merge directly into the clouds. Credit : Justine Paci (France)… [...]
Peeled off memories
In a hotel in Moynaq, a former coastal town on the Aral Sea, the owners are moving to a more prosperous town. They leave behind them a flaking painting… [...]
Busy Registan
The Registan in Samarqand is for inner and foreign toruist a favourite spot to visit. As far back as the place was created, the first madrasa was built in… [...]
Hope of youth
Alisa, 15 years old, helps her mother during summer time to run their little yard restaurant where they serve homemade dishes. But her wish and hope is to study… [...]
Large-scale construction
Ashgabat has witnessed radical transformation due to the large-scale construction campaign initiated by Saparmurat Niyazov, first leader of independent Turkmenistan. Thanks to the links with Turkmen government, French… [...]
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Tea and tapchan
Men take tea on a traditional tapchan on the road between Khiva and Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Credit : Charlotte Bonin (France) Find all of our… [...]
A Kyrgyz cemetery
Along the roads that cross the Kyrgyz steppes, it is common to come across cemeteries with imposing tombs. Here, a few tombs overlook the village of Kojomkul. Credit: … [...]
Sports Palace
The interior of the Bishkek Sports Palace showcases traditional Kyrgyz ornaments. Credit: Antonin Lechat (France) Find all of our photos of the day … [...]
Blue water, red mountains
The crystal blue water of the Zeravshan river, fed by the glaciers in the mountains, brings live into the austere scenery on the way from Ayni to… [...]
Wedding palace
The circular wedding palace in Almaty in southwest Kazakhstan is a unique example of modernist Soviet architecture. It was completed in 1971 and has lost none of its… [...]
Midday sun over the Aral Sea
The Aral Sea in the far west of Uzbekistan, photographed from a yurt camp, glistens in the midday sun. Credit: Simon Kretschmer (Germany) Find all of our… [...]
Father of poetry
This statue in a park in the centre of the Tajik capital Dushanbe is dedicated to the Persian poet Rudaki. He is considered the father of Tajik poetry. [...]