TO GO WITH China-Xinjiang-Uyghur-villages, SPECIAL REPORT by Matthew WALSH
This picture taken on July 17, 2023 shows a woman sitting at a bus stop bearing a government slogan to "build a beautiful Xinjiang and nurture the motherland's dreams" in 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