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Nurahun Osman, background, looks on as a woman attempts to catch a pigeon as they show journalists the damaged done to his coop during the earthquake in Yamansu township of Uchturpan county, Aksu prefecture in western China's Xinjiang region, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. As aftershocks continued to rock western China on Wednesday, thousands of people were staying in tents and other shelters, lighting bonfires to fend off the freezing weather. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Thousands of people are forced out of their homes after 7.1 quake in western China

By Ken Moritsugu and Ng Han Guan - Associated Press

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan try to end cross-border clashes

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Sadyr Zhaparov, the top presidential candidate speaks to the media after the presidential election in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. A nationalist politician who was released from prison amid protests that overthrew Kyrgyzstan's president last year has been elected as his replacement. Voters in Sunday's election that gave Sadyr Zhaparov a landslide victory also approved a referendum to change the constitution to give the presidency more power. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Newly-elected Kyrgyzstan president to boost his powers

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Supporters listen to Kyrgyzstan presidential candidate Sadyr Zhaparov during a meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. The presidential election will be held on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Once-jailed nationalist wins Kyrgyzstan presidency

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In this file photo taken on Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, Kyrgyzstan's President Sooronbai Jeenbekov speaks at the Eurasian Economic Union Intergovernmental Council in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan. The president of Kyrgyzstan announced his resignation in a bid to end the turmoil that has engulfed the Central Asian nation after a disputed parliamentary election. In a statement Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, released by his office. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP, File)

Kyrgyzstan’s president announces his resignation amid unrest

By Daria Litvinova - Associated Press

Kyrgyz army soldiers guard at a checkpoint on city street in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Kyrgyzstan's president on Monday ordered a new, week-long state of emergency in the country's capital after parliament failed to consider and approve his previous order within the legally required three days. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Kyrgyzstan president faces pressure to resign amid turmoil

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

Supporters of former President Almazbek Atambayev bang on the drum during a rally on the central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020. Sooronbai Jeenbekov, the embattled president of Kyrgyzstan, has moved to end the political turmoil that followed a disputed parliamentary election, ordering a state of emergency in the capital. Jeenbekov has faced calls to resign by protesters who stormed government buildings after Sunday’s parliamentary vote was reportedly swept by pro-government parties. Protesters freed former President Almazbek Atambayev, who was jailed on charges seen by his supporters as a political vendetta. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Kyrgyzstan bans rallies, imposes curfew to end turmoil

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

People protest during a rally on the central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Officials in Kyrgyzstan have nullified the results of a weekend parliamentary election after mass protests erupted in the capital of Bishkek and other cities, with opposition supporters seizing government buildings and demanding a new vote. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Kyrgyz president declares state of emergency amid protests

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

People protest during a rally on the central square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Officials in Kyrgyzstan have nullified the results of a weekend parliamentary election after mass protests erupted in the capital of Bishkek and other cities, with opposition supporters seizing government buildings and demanding a new vote. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Kyrgyzstan opposition divided amid political chaos, protests

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

A volunteer in a protective suit and gloves sets an oxygen concentrator to help a suspected coronavirus patient breathe at her apartment in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, July 24, 2020. Volunteers have played a big role in dealing with a wave of coronavirus cases in Kyrgyzstan. Many started doing house calls to patients who couldn't get into a hospital, bringing oxygen concentrators with them. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Volunteers came to the rescue as virus raged in Kyrgyzstan

By DARIA LITVINOVA - Associated Press

Evacuated Peace Corps volunteers share memories overseas

By BY YUE STELLA YU and The Dispatch - Associated Press

Pakistani activists take part in an International Women's Day rally in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Pakistanis held rallies across the country. Officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, it is celebrated around the world on March 8. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry)

Women fill streets of world’s cities with call for justice

By AMY GUTHRIE - Associated Press

Kyrgyz riot police shoot rubber bullets to stop supporters of former president Almazbek Atambayev, near his residence in the village of Koi-Tash, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the capital, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019. Police in Kyrgyzstan detained the Central Asian nation's ex-president Thursday following violent clashes with his supporters, a day after a previous attempt to arrest him left one policeman dead and nearly 80 people injured. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Court in Kyrgyzstan orders ex-president to stay in custody

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

Supporters of Kyrgyzstan's ex-president Almazbek Atambayev fight with special forces members at his residence in the village of Koi-Tash, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the capital, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. A serviceman died and at least 35 other people were injured as special forces in Kyrgyzstan tried to arrest the Central Asian country's former president on corruption and abuse of office charges, the Kyrgyz Health Ministry said early Thursday. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

Kyrgyzstan’s ex-president arrested after violent clashes

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

File - In this Friday, Nov. 24, 2017 file photo, former President Almazbek Atambayev greets the audience with President-elect Sooronbai Jeenbekov, during the presidential inauguration ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Gunfire is being heard outside the residence of the former president of Kyrgyzstan as police move in to try to arrest him. The Kyrgyz news site 24.kg said several people, including journalists, have been wounded in the Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019 shooting in the village of Koi-Tash, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the capital, Bishkek. (Vyacheslav Oseledko/Pool Photo via AP, File)

1 serviceman dead in raid to seize ex-Kyrgyz president

By JIM HEINTZ - Associated Press

Kyrgyz special forces stand in guard at former president of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev's residence in the village of Koi-Tash, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the capital, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Gunfire is being heard outside the residence of the former president of Kyrgyzstan as police move in to try to arrest him. The Kyrgyz news site 24.kg said several people, including journalists, have been wounded in the Wednesday shooting in the village of Koi-Tash, 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of the capital, Bishkek. (AKIpress via AP)

The Latest: 1 dead in raid to arrest former Kyrgyz president

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South Korea's forward Son Heung-Min runs with the ball during the AFC Asian Cup group C soccer match between South Korea and China at Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Son Heung-min helps South Korea beat China 2-0 at Asian Cup

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In this photo taken on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, a women releases an arrow during an archery competition during the Third Nomad Games, in Cholpon-Ata, 250 kilometers (156 miles) of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan held its biennial Nomad Games to promote and celebrate traditional sports of nomadic people. The week-long competition, which is held in a gorge near the picturesque Lake Issyk-Kul, feature traditional sports of nomad peoples such as horseback wrestling and goat polo. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)

AP PHOTOS: Kyrgyzstan revives traditions in Nomad Games

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FILE - In this file photo taken Sunday, July 5, 2015, Uighurs living in Turkey and Turkish supporters, chant slogans as they hold a Chinese flag before burning it during a protest near China's consulate in Istanbul, against what they call oppression by Chinese government to Muslim Uighurs in far-western Xinjiang region. Since 2013, thousands of Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority from western China, have traveled to Syria to train and fight alongside al-Qaida, playing key roles in several battles. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

AP Exclusive: Uighurs fighting in Syria take aim at China

By GERRY SHIH - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin laid flowers near a St. Petersburg subway station that was hit by a terrorist bombing on Monday. (Associated Press)

Akbarzhon Dzhalilov, Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen, ID’d as St. Petersburg subway bomb suspect

By Irina Titova and Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press