Uzbek school kids enjoy their summer break by taking photos at the Crying Mother Monument in Tashkent's Independence Square. The monument, which also has a pit with an eternal flame, was erected in 1999 to honor the approximately 400,000 Uzbek soldiers who died in WWII.
Dean C.K. Cox is EurasiaNet's photo editor.
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