Postcards From The Edge: Daghestan In Pictures

Men build a new madrasah, or religious school, in the village of Gimry.

Young men and boys pose for a street picture in Gimry.

A boy hides his face behind a balloon on a street in Gimry.

A man rides his bicycle in the mountain village of Gimry.

Mountain mist floats above Gimry's village cemetery. 

Local residents stand near a mini truck, which was seriously damaged during a special antiterrorist operation conducted by Russian military forces in the town of Kaspiysk in July.

A man stands near a house that was ruined during a special Russian antiterrorist operation in Kaspiysk.

A Kaspiysk resident shows her house, which was seriously damaged during the Russian antiterrorist operation. 

A woman walks along a road in the settlement of Akhty in southern Daghestan.

Young Salafi Muslim women spend time at a public women's beach in the Daghestani capital, Makhachkala.

Salafi preacher Abdurakhim Magomedov at his home in the village of Novosasitli.