People walk past the car goods for sale during a snowfall in the settlement on 152 km of the Bishkek-Osh road, unofficially called Paris, on January 22, 2025. The village of around 100 people is one of the few spots of civilisation on the only road that links the north and south of the Central Asian nation, a bustling route amid surging trade with Russia and China. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP) (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP via Getty Images)