Municipal workers cover the burnt city hall building for repairing in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Thursday, January 13, 2022. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has blamed the unrest on foreign-backed “terrorists” and requested assistance from the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a Russia-led military alliance of six ex-Soviet states. The bloc sent over 2,000 troops to Kazakhstan last week. On Tuesday Tokayev declared their mission complete and said they would start pulling out on Thursday. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)
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