One village in Kazakhstan sits on the shrinking shores of the Aral Sea. Special Series The shrinking Aral Sea Once one of the largest inland lakes, the Aral Sea in Central Asia has been disappearing.

A small village in northern Kazakhstan has become a Catholic pilgrimage site where the Shrine of Our Lady of Peace is located, the only Marian shrine in Central Asia, and an open-air monument to ...

Once one of the worlds largest inland lakes, Asia's Aral Sea has evaporated into desert, dried by Soviet era irrigation plans. One village in Kazakhstan sits on the shrinking shores of the Aral Sea.

Once one of the worlds largest inland lakes, Asia's Aral Sea has evaporated into desert, dried by Soviet era irrigation plans. One village in Kazakhstan sits on the shrinking shores of the Aral Sea.

One village in Kazakhstan sits on the shrinking shores of the Aral Sea. Once one of the worlds largest inland lakes, Asia's Aral Sea has evaporated into desert, dried by ...

Once one of the worlds largest inland lakes, Asia's Aral Sea has evaporated into desert, dried by Soviet era irrigation plans. One village in Kazakhstan sits on the shrinking shores of the Aral Sea.