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Kazakhstan

Central Asian trees and the global appetite for apples
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Uyghurs in Kazakhstan practice Islam freely in China’s shadow
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Uyghurs in Kazakhstan practice Islam freely, not far from China
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Kazakhstan’s bold attempt to repatriate former ISIS members
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A modern pilgrimage gains popularity for Muslims in Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan plans controversial nuclear power plant — with Russian support
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Rebuilt homes abandoned 20 years after tsunami struck Indonesia
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Investigations underway on Kazakhstan’s plane crash
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In a warming world, Central Asian trees might satisfy global appetite for apples
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UN Security Council vote pushes for ceasefire in Gaza
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Wild horses reintroduced to Kazakhstan’s steppe region
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The Big Fix
How do you save a vanishing lake? Kazakhstan has a plan.
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Three European nations recognize a Palestinian state
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How to save a vanishing lake
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Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk: The ethos of Kazakhstan
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Out of Eden Walk: Kazakhstan
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Cars queuing to cross the border into Kazakhstan at the Mariinsky border crossing, about (250 miles south of Chelyabinsk, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.
Ukraine
Anti-war Russians who fled for safety now face deportation
Album covers of some of the allbums from artists included in the end-of-year music playlist with recommendations from The World staff. Clockwise, startiing from the top left corner: Adrian Quesada's "Boleros Psicodélicos," Sillvana Estrada's "Marchita," V
Music
A musical journey around the globe 2022, a playlist
A view of Almaty from Kok Tobe Park, a popular hilltop tourist attraction accessible by cable car.
Ukraine
Stuck without passports in Kazakhstan, Russians who avoided the draft face a ticking clock
Multicolored displays of Korean marinated salads are a mainstay at Almaty’s Green Bazaar.
Food
In Kazakhstan, timeless Korean recipes are loved and maintained
Smoke rises from the city hall building during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Protest
What’s behind unrest rocking oil-rich Kazakhstan
A woman and two men are sitting next to each other wearing blue Russian cosmonaut uniforms with the middle person holding a microphone.
Arts, Culture & Media
Russian film crew in orbit to make first movie in space
Joe Biden is shown with his hand outstretched shaking the hand of Vladimir Putin.
Top of The World
Biden and Putin hold first call as counterparts; Sanofi to support rival vaccine production; Linda Thomas-Greenfield faces confirmation hearing
Members of Ninety One, a Q-pop boy band.
Music
Kazakhstan’s ‘Qazaq-pop’ boy band Ninety One challenges gender norms
Kazakhs protest what they see as excessive expansion of Chinese influence in Kazakhstan, including new Silk Road investments, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Dec. 2019.
On China's New Silk Road
China’s new Silk Road traverses Kazakhstan. But some Kazakhs are skeptical of Chinese influence.
Satellite image of San Francisco.
Science & Technology
Cold War ‘CORONA’ satellite images find second life in ecology research
Flags of many countries carried by protesters fill the frame.
Global Politics
Power outage: How did global leadership change in 2019?
Two hands hold a beige booklet.
Conflict & Justice
Has Kazakhstan forgotten about its Polygon test survivors?
The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft is shown streaking across the sky with a long white cloud of smoke trailing behind it.
Russian space rocket fails in mid-air, two-man US-Russian crew lands safely
An illustration image shows the new Latin-based Kazakh alphabet published in a newspaper in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 27, 2017.
Culture
Kazakhstan’s switch from Cyrillic to Latin is about more than just alphabets
Dutch artist Margriet van Breevoort created the gray tubby creature, "Homunculus Loxodontusa" nicknamed “the one who waits.”
Culture
Meet Zhdun, the tubby gray blob who’s at home on Russian social media
Soviet nuclear test site model
Conflict
Soviet-era nuclear testing is still making people sick in Kazakhstan
Gobi grizzly
Environment
One of the world’s rarest grizzlies lives in the Gobi Desert — and it needs help
A screen grab from the movie
Culture
Russia chooses myth over history in new WWII movie
President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan
Global Politics
Meet Central Asia’s leaders for life
Training Cafe
Education
Kazakhstan cafe uses employment to fight disability stigma
The real Everest as depicted in “20110810 North Face of Everest Tibet China Panoramic”
Media
The star of the new movie ‘Everest’ is actually a mountain in Kazakhstan, sort of
Kazakh glam-rock and opera singer Timur Bekbosunov first got discovered singing Over the Rainbow at at festival in Kansas.
Music
When you think Kazakhstan think Timur, not Borat
Sports
These girls redefine what it means to play like a girl. And they’re crushing it
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Environment
A herd of endangered antelope in Central Asia has suddenly died en masse
Geese fly past Vancouver's Olympic Rings
Global Scan
Want to host the 2022 Winter Olympics? We have just a few rules …
A man looks at a computer screen showing logos of Russian social network VKontakte in an office in Moscow.
Global Politics
The ISIS Internet army has found a safe haven on Russian social networks — for now
Pyramid of Djoser
Global Scan
Egypt’s oldest pyramid is being destroyed by a repair effort
Will these Kazakh schoolchildren use Cyrillic or Latin script in the future?
Global Politics
A University of Kansas linguist is risking Russia’s ire in helping Kazakhstan change its writing system
Bitcoin Factory in China
Global Scan
This is where bitcoins are made
A magnifying glass is held in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration. A Russian gang has stolen private information from 1.2 billion internet users around the globe in a new story published by The New York Times on August, 5, 2014.
Technology
A record Internet data heist can’t be fixed with a password change
A magnifying glass is held in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration. A Russian gang has stolen private information from 1.2 billion internet users around the globe in a new story published by The New York Times on August, 5, 2014.
Technology
A record Internet data heist can’t be fixed with a password change
House of Cards depicts the rise of a US politician to the White House.
Global Scan
Chinese officials use ‘House of Cards’ as an example of US political corruption
Rakhat chocolate sees an opportunity.
Business, Economics and Jobs
In Kazakhstan, Ukraine’s troubles are seen as an opportunity — for the local chocolate company
Rakhat chocolate sees an opportunity.
Business, Economics and Jobs
In Kazakhstan, Ukraine’s troubles are seen as an opportunity — for the local chocolate company
Kerry selfie with Indonesian students
Global Scan
US Secretary of State Kerry stops for a selfie on his climate change tour
The Baiterek in Kazakhstan's capital
Arts, Culture & Media
In this city, you can see a presidential palace in one direction and the largest tent in the world in the other
Arts, Culture & Media
The Race to Secure Kazakhstan’s ‘Plutonium Mountain’
World powers battle for influence over Central Asia
Uzbekistan may have program to forcibly sterilizing women for population control
Lifestyle & Belief
Azamat Tazhayakov’s Father Speaks Out on Charges in Boston Marathon Bombing Case
Global Politics
Kazakhs Respond to Boston Bombing Arrests
Friends of Boston Bombing Suspect Charged
Arts, Culture & Media
Slideshow: Gold Artifacts Offer Clues to Ancient Nomadic Life
Global Politics
Nursultan Nazarbayev: Kazakhstan’s Longtime Ruler