Tajiks play buzkashi in Tursunzade, 45km west of Dushanbe, January 8.

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  Tajiks play buzkashi in Tursunzade, 45km west of Dushanbe, January 8. In buzkashi, skilled horsemen attempt to snatch the beheaded carcass of a goat or calf and toss it over a goal line or into a scoring circle. [Nazim Kalandarov]
• 2012-01-09

  

  One artisan (left) puts finishing touches on a straw house while his colleague weaves straw into another product in the Swati Pattak area of Peshawar Cantonment January 9. Straw decorations are popular because of their appearance and affordability. [Ashfaq Yusufzai]
• 2012-01-06

  

  Women prepare to receive the blessing of the priest (right) January 6 in Bishkek’s Resurrection Cathedral. About 900 worshippers gathered in the Cathedral on the eve of Orthodox Christmas to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. About 10% of Kyrgyzstan’s population observes Orthodox Christmas. [Maksat Osmonaliyev]
• 2012-01-05

  

  A roadside hakim, or traditional doctor (left), and a customer discuss one of the medicines the hakim is selling near the Ring Road Chowk in Peshawar January 1. Some hakims deceive villagers as to the effectiveness of the preparations they sell. [Ashfaq Yusufzai]fashioninn4us.blogspot.com
• 2012-01-04

  

  A vendor sprinkles water on coconuts near Dabgari Bazaar in Old Peshawar January 1. [Ashfaq Yusufzai]
• 2012-01-03

  

  A worker paints a wooden flower pot near Hayatabad Township December 9. [Ashfaq Yusufzai]
• 2011-12-29

  

  Grandfather Frost gives candy to a sick child getting some fresh air outside Dushanbe’s Central Hospital December 25. [Nazim Kalandarov]
• 2011-12-28

  

  Rinat gauges the height of a New Year's tree at a market in Bishkek December 23. [Maksat Osmonaliyev]
• 2011-12-27

  

  Members of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) light candles in Lahore December 26 to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. President Asif Ali Zardari and other PPP officials addressed a gathering in Garhi Khuda Bux, Sindh Province, December 27. [Abdul Nasir Khan]
• 2011-12-21

  

  Pedestrians walk through a snowy park in downtown Dushanbe December 20. [Nazim Kalandarov]