Kyrgyzstan Photo: A Summer Soak in Bishkek

David Trilling

A girl cools off in Bishkek’s central Ala-Too Square on Saturday. Getting drenched in the city’s fountains is a favorite summer pastime for kids in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, though this one seems to have gotten wetter than she’d bargained for.

David Trilling is EurasiaNet's Central Asia editor.