TO GO WITH China-Xinjiang-Uyghur-villages, SPECIAL REPORT by Matthew WALSH
This picture taken on July 17, 2023, shows the facade of the headquarters of the Chinese Communist party, in Aral Mehelle village, outside Yarkant in northwestern China's Xinjiang region. Houses that were once home to people who went missing in China's crackdown on its Muslim minorities stand locked and silent in Xinjiang's rural heartland. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP) / TO GO WITH China-Xinjiang-Uyghur-villages, SPECIAL REPORT by Matthew WALSH