AFP presents a reportage of 41 images by photographer Prakash Mathema from September 8 to 26, 2025 of scientists drilling deep into the Pamir glaciers of Tajikistan to extract the region's first-ever deep ice cores to preserve the Earth's climatic memory in Kon Chukurbashi, eastern Tajikistan. Search all these reportage images using: TAJIKISTAN-SCIENCE-GLACIER-ICE-CLIMATE Search "REPORTAGE" to source all feature, magazine and photo essays. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP) (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP via Getty Images)