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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.

Anti-war Russians who fled for safety now face deportation

Ukraine

More than a year after thousands of Russians who opposed the war fled abroad for safety, they now face deportation and other challenges in the countries that initially received them, such as Kazakhstan, Estonia and Georgia.

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

What’s behind unrest rocking oil-rich Kazakhstan

Protest
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.

Kazakhs protest what they see as excessive expansion of Chinese influence in Kazakhstan, including new Silk Road investments, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Dec. 2019.

China’s new Silk Road traverses Kazakhstan. But some Kazakhs are skeptical of Chinese influence.

On China's New Silk Road

The tradeoffs of China’s investment in Kazakhstan require Kazakhs — most of whom are Muslim — to reckon with the persecution of Muslim minorities just across their border.

Satellite image of San Francisco.

Cold War ‘CORONA’ satellite images find second life in ecology research

Science & Technology

Some of the more than 800,000 satellite images taken during the Cold War are being used by researchers to track biodiversity and species decline.