This picture taken through the window of a train travelling from Shymkent to Astana on May 24, 2026 shows a man looking out from the door of another passenger train arriving at Shymkent station, southern Kazakhstan. The railway network of Kazakhstan, the world's largest landlocked country, runs on Soviet-era broad gauge (1520mm) track and stretches more than 16,500 kilometres. Overnight sleeper train travel between major cities is a popular way to explore both the historic and modern sides of Kazakhstan, Central Asia's most developed economy. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP via Getty Images)