It began in Kilis, at the border of Syria and Turkey, where Ahmed asked Hanin to marry him. Both fled Syria in 2014. Their path led to Izmir, where they married and found work, yet drawing about a future at peace.

In 2018, they attempted to cross into Greece. Deceived by smugglers, arrested, left without the money. We met again in Berlin in 2025. Ahmed and Hanin now live there with their daughter Mila.

Portraits of Gulzira, Nurlan, Baqytali and their families — ones of the many who were detained in internment camps in Xinjiang, China and agreed to tell their stories.

Part of an investigation by Buzzfeed News and Allison Killing Architects using satellite images to identify the infrastructure of detention centres otherwise inaccessible.

Where homes once stood, they now recruit for war. Where childhood once remained, people report one another.

Every time, we ask how this could happen. Among those most dear, something alien and horrifying has arisen. It pervades everything, monotonous and subtle.

25 black and white analogue images. Street and documentary photography from Russia.

One summer in the Pankisi Gorge. A region on the border with Chechnya, shaped by war, superstition, and protests against the destruction of the land.

Here, women fight for their rights and for the future of the village. Some build their own livelihoods, opening small businesses and carving out independence in a deeply patriarchal community.