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How do you save a vanishing lake? Kazakhstan has a plan.

The Big Fix

Lakes all over the world — like the Aral Sea in Central Asia — are receding because of climate change and dwindling water resources. But Kazakhstan managed to save part of the Aral Sea. The successes and shortcomings of the achievement can provide lessons for other lakeside communities.

Out of Eden Walk: The ethos of Kazakhstan

Out of Eden Walk
Cars queuing to cross the border into Kazakhstan at the Mariinsky border crossing, about (250 miles south of Chelyabinsk, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022.

Anti-war Russians who fled for safety now face deportation

Ukraine
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

A musical journey around the globe 2022, a playlist

Music
A view of Almaty from Kok Tobe Park, a popular hilltop tourist attraction accessible by cable car.

Stuck without passports in Kazakhstan, Russians who avoided the draft face a ticking clock

Ukraine
Multicolored displays of Korean marinated salads are a mainstay at Almaty’s Green Bazaar.

In Kazakhstan, timeless Korean recipes are loved and maintained

Food

In Almaty’s Green Bazaar, vendors sell a variety of foods that represent the culinary heritage of hundreds of thousands of Koreans who call Kazakhstan home.

Smoke rises from the city hall building during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan

What’s behind unrest rocking oil-rich Kazakhstan

Protest

A Russian-led military alliance has been deployed to quell protests, as unrest continues in Kazakhstan. The country has seen major demonstrations before, but never anything on this scale.

A woman and two men are sitting next to each other wearing blue Russian cosmonaut uniforms with the middle person holding a microphone.

Russian film crew in orbit to make first movie in space

Arts, Culture & Media

A Russian actor and a film director rocketed to space Tuesday on a mission to make the world’s first movie in orbit.

Joe Biden is shown with his hand outstretched shaking the hand of Vladimir Putin.

Biden and Putin hold first call as counterparts; Sanofi to support rival vaccine production; Linda Thomas-Greenfield faces confirmation hearing

Top of The World

US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their first conversation as counterparts on Tuesday. And, Sanofi announced plans help manufacture more than 100 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech. Also, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President Joe Biden’s nominee to US ambassador to the United Nations, faces lawmakers for her Senate confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill .

Members of Ninety One, a Q-pop boy band.

Kazakhstan’s ‘Qazaq-pop’ boy band Ninety One challenges gender norms

Music

The group makes headlines for their catchy tracks and their appearance — which often sparks discussion about identity.

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