Tag: Photo of the day
Save the child from the pigeons!
A mother carries his child, standing among dozens of pigeons in front of the Sheikh Muslihiddin mausoleum in Khujand. This religious complex was named after Muslihiddin… [...]
Novastan photo exhibition
Inside the mosque in Nukus, the capital of Karakalpakstan in Uzbekistan, a town off the beaten tourist track. Credit: Etienne Bellard (France, @etienneblld) This photo will be… [...]
Magical Place
A hippie camp hidden inbetween the trees right next to a Russian military base on Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan. Credits: Lisa Moeckel (Germany) Find… [...]
Italian dessert out of clay
Two tourists take a selfie in the Kyzylkup valley, in Kazakhstan’s Mangystau Oblys. This striking rock formation is popularly known as the Tiramisu Gorge. This is… [...]
Valley of Eden
‘During my two-month hitchhiking trip across Central Asia, the Pamir Mountains stole my heart. In the Wakhan corridor, I stood in front of the Engels Glacier, surrounded… [...]
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Pristine whiteness
Trees in bloom and spring snow in harmony on the slopes of the great Chimgan (3309 m) in Uzbekistan. Credits: Hubert-Felix Delattre (France) Find… [...]
The apprentice
On the land surrounding the mountain lake of Song-Köl, children learn the virtuosity of nomadic life during their summer holidays, herding cattle like young adults. Credits : Marco Alvi… [...]
Buddhist temple or mosque?
The colorful Zharkent Mosque is a curiosity. Constructed entirely of wood, the sacred building resembles a Buddhist pagoda, but it is actually a mosque built for the Muslim Uyghurs… [...]
No phones while muleback riding
A young boy fiddles with his mobile phone as he rides his mule home through the countryside in the Sughd region of northern Tajikistan. On his… [...]
Yurt camp on the high plateau
At the end of summer it is not uncommon for snow to fall on the high plateau around Lake Son Kul in Kyrgyzstan. By the end of August, the… [...]
Gypsy wedding
A large gathering of Gypsy women during a traditional wedding in Bukhara. Behzod Boltayev is currently working on a project about the lives of Gypsies in Central Asia,… [...]
In the Khatlon Valley
Fields of spring flowers in the hills of the Khatlon region. Credits : Etienne de Vaumas (France). Find all of our photos of the… [...]