One of the main towns in eastern Tajikistan, Khorugh is home to the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Centre (above), a place of worship and social gathering for the predominantly Ismaili Muslim population. The University of Central Asia (below), meanwhile, was co-established by the governments of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in 2017 to provide high-quality education to the region’s remote mountainous communities.