China's Uighur minority
Two ethnic Uighur men walk down a street in the capital of Xinjiang, a heavily Muslim region in the west of China.
The area has been under the spotlight since a deadly car crash in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, which the government called a terrorist attack carried out by Islamist militants from the province. China's claims that it is fighting an Islamist insurgency here are nothing new - the region has long been the subject of a security crackdown.
An ethnic Uighur man sits outside his house in Turpan, a town in central Xinjiang.
He is one of many Turkic-speaking Uighurs who live in the province, a vast area of deserts, mountains and forests in central Asia.
An Uighur man gets his tooth fixed at a local market in Turpan.
Others wander past the busy stalls.
A Uighur man flings a loaf of freshly baked bread at the market.
A farmer in Xinjiang province uses a motorcycle to pull a cart full of branches.
Uighur men work on a farm near Lukqun.
An Uighur man walks along with his goats.
A man walks down a dusty road near Lukqun town.
