People buy groceries in a store during a huge blackout following an unspecified accident in electricity grids in Bishkek on January 25, 2022. – Millions of people were left without power in Central Asia after a huge blackout hit three countries Tuesday following an unspecified accident in electricity grids.
Kazakhstan’s economic hub Almaty and the capitals of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan suffered power cuts at around lunchtime local time, with media and officials reporting that the blackouts had extended far into the provinces of the three countries. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

A police officer regulates a street traffic during a huge blackout following an unspecified accident in electricity grids in Bishkek on January 25, 2022. – Millions of people were left without power in Central Asia after a huge blackout hit three countries Tuesday following an unspecified accident in electricity grids.
Kazakhstan’s economic hub Almaty and the capitals of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan suffered power cuts at around lunchtime local time, with media and officials reporting that the blackouts had extended far into the provinces of the three countries. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)

Police officers regulate a street traffic as traffic lights disabled during a huge blackout following an unspecified accident in electricity grids in Bishkek on January 25, 2022. – Millions of people were left without power in Central Asia after a huge blackout hit three countries Tuesday following an unspecified accident in electricity grids.
Kazakhstan’s economic hub Almaty and the capitals of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan suffered power cuts at around lunchtime local time, with media and officials reporting that the blackouts had extended far into the provinces of the three countries. (Photo by VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO / AFP)