Tourists visit the crashing waterfall at the Church of St. Simon the Apostle in Novy Afon in the breakaway region of Abkhazia. The town and Novy Afon Monastery is a popular attraction for pilgrims and Russian tourists.
Security officials guard a protest rally at the headquarters of the Ata-Jurt party in Bishkek, where several dozen people stormed the building and set fire to campaign literature from the Ata-Jurt party outside the building. Several women held posters with photos of relatives and friends killed during the April events in Bishkek that led to the ouster of former Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
Pedestrians stroll past peeling campaign posters in central Bishkek. Kyrgyz voters go to the polls on Oct. 10 to vote in a new parliament, the first following the recent unrest in southwestern Osh and following the ouster of former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
Twenty-nine political parties have presented more than 3,300 candidates vying for 120 seats in the Kyrgyz parliament.
A girl wearing a T-shirt with the writing "Warning! This bitch bites!!" attends a recent Sunday morning religious service at Georgia's main Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi.
An initiative by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on importing some 10,000 English language teachers from abroad to teach the nation English seems to make sense - at least in the case of a better choice of apparel for this young girl. And the church, whose officials have criticized the president for the program, could actually benefit from the nation's better knowledge of English as well.
Temo Bardzimashvili is a freelance photojournalist based in Tbilisi.
Cows relax and chew cud outside a centuries-old "Albanian" temple in the village of Dashbulag in northern Azerbaijan. The horned bovines use the structure as a shelter when not grazing on the surrounding fields.
Vladic Ravich is a freelance photojournalist based in Turkey.
First graders prepare for the first day of school at School 51 in downtown Tbilisi, Georgia. According to the Georgian Ministry of Education and Science, public schools will start on Sept. 15 from now on, a change from previous years when the first day of school was Sept. 1 or later, depending on the ministry's decision.
Molly Corso is a freelance photojournalist based in Tbilisi.
At a September 11 ceremony at the Manas Transit Center, two US airmen salute the American and Kyrgyz flags to mark the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. Washington opened the base outside of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan shortly after the attacks.
David Trilling is the Central Asia news editor for EurasiaNet.
In 1971, Moscow awarded Yevdinya Sidorova the title 'Hero Mother of the Soviet Union' for giving birth to 10 children. Seen here with one of her grandsons in Korobikha, today she proudly displays the medals and certificate. Most of her children have left this remote village in eastern Kazakhstan's Altay mountains for Russia.
David Trilling is the Central Asia news editor for EurasiaNet.
