Kyrgyztan's President Sadyr Japarov pays a visit to the Batken region

LEILEK, KYRGYZSTAN - MAY 6: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - "PRESIDENCY OF KYRGYZSTAN / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) A view of a river as Kyrgyztan's President Sadyr Japarov pays a visit to the villages of Maksat, Qulundu and Orto-Boz effected from last week's clashes at a disputed section of the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border, in Leilek district of the Batken region, Kyrgyzstan on May 6, 2021. Border clashes started last Wednesday between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan over control of the local water distribution network, according to Kyrgyz media. The number of Kyrgyz citizens who died in the armed conflict in Kyrgyzstan's Batken region has risen to 36 with 183 injured, said the Kyrgyz Health Ministry. Meanwhile, the number of Tajiks who lost their lives in the conflict reached 19. (Photo by Presidency of Kyrgyzstan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)