RFE/RL Moldovan Service journalist Sabina Fati spent eleven weeks this summer exploring the Silk Road--the 4,000-mile-long historic trade route linking eastern China to the Mediterranean. During her journey she discovered rich cultures, porous borders, vital trading corridors, dangerous smuggling trails, and unstinting hospitality from locals.
Faces Of The Silk Road
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A woman smiles for a photo in Merv, Turkmenistan.
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A woman on the street in Merv, Turkmenistan. June 16, 2014.
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Sabina Fati in front of a tower in Buhara, Uzbekistan.
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The Zenkov Russian Orthodox cathedral in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Built in 1907, the cathedral is the second tallest wooden building in the world. July 21, 2014.