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 begs in Almaty, Kazakhstan. July 21, 2014.
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Having a cigarette in Tabriz, Iran.
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Streetview from a cafe in Tabriz, Iran.
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Mashad, Iran.