Aral Sea

Entrance sign to the village of Karateren. The sea reached this point, now it is around 20km away. September 7, 2018.

The remaining of a stranded ship is on the former seabed of the Aral Sea near Akespe village, Kazakhstan, on September 5, 2018.

Rusty remains of an abandoned ship are seen in the desert of the North Aral Sea, Kazakhstan. September 5, 2018

The remaining of a stranded ship is on the former sea bed of the Aral Sea near Akespe village, Kazakhstan, on September 5, 2018.

Seashells sit before a stranded ship on the former seabed of the Aral Sea, near Akespe village, Kazakhstan, on September 5, 2018.

Rusty remains of a stranded fishing boat are seen in the former seabed of the Aral Sea, Kazakhstan. September 5, 2018.

Students walk past a sign reading "I love Aral" in the former sea town of Aral, south-western Kazakhstan. September 4, 2018.

A stuffed wild boar on display before some fish species preserved in formalin which lived in the Aral Sea but the salinity killed most of them are seen in the Aralsk Museum, Aralsk, Kazakhstan on September 4, 2018.

A cow walks in the former fishing harbor of Aralsk, now the Aral Sea is around 15km from the city on September 4, 2018.

Children play at a swing in the former sea town of Aral, south-western Kazakhstan. September 4, 2018.

Pedestrians walk past a Kazakhstani post in the former sea town of Aral, south-western Kazakhstan. September 7, 2018.

A muslim graveyard near the North Aral Sea. September 5, 2018.

A small camel is seen in Tastubek village Kazakhstan, near the North Aral Sea. September 5, 2018. After the fishing was gone from the Aral Sea some families started to be stockbreeder (camels or horses) to have some incomes.

Landscape near the Aral Sea. September 5, 2018.

Two girls look at the camera before an UAZ car in Tastubek village, near the Aral Sea, Kazakhstan, on September 5, 2018.

Askhat carry concrete slabs to build a house in the former sea town of Aral, south-western Kazakhstan. September 4, 2018.

A Soviet-era mural that reads “Letter to Lenin: we will fill up fourteen wagons with fish” at the Aralsk´s train station. September 8, 2018.

A table is seen inside a shed near the sea that fishermen use it to sleep or just rest. Their villages used to be at the seashore, now are kilometres away. September 5, 2018.

Fishermen pick up the net near the Kokaral dam, Kazakhstan, on September 6, 2018.

Fishermen prepares their boat to go to fish near the Kokaral dam in Kazakhstan, on September 6, 2018.

Nurzan Seitbenbetov picks up the nets while his brother Serzhan takes fishes on their boat in the Aral Sea, Kazakhstan, on September 6, 2018.

Talgat Seitbenbetov is portrayed on his family´s boat after fishing in the Aral Sea. September 6, 2018.

Nurzan Seitbenbetov picks up the nets while his brother Serzhan takes fishes on their boat in the Aral Sea, Kazakhstan, on September 6, 2018.

Talgat Seitbenbetov shortens water from his family´s boat while they fish in the Aral Sea. September 6, 2018.

Talgat cleans the fishing nets after fishing in the Aral Sea. September 5, 2018.

Berdibek Yermagambetov selects fishes at a frozen fish factory in Tastubek village, near the Aral Sea, Kazakhstan, on September 5, 2018.

Fishes ready to be frost at a frozen fish factory in Tastubek village, near the Aral Sea, Kazakhstan, on September 5, 2018.

Nurtugan Alibekov selects fishes at a frozen fish factory in Tastubek village, near the Aral Sea, Kazakhstan, on September 5, 2018.

Frozen fish is seen at a deep-frozen factory in Tastubek, near the Aral Sea, Kazakhstan, on September 5, 2018.

A lorry pases a fish-shaped sculpture at the desert some kilometers from the Aral Sea, on September 7, 2018.