People walk under security cameras in China's Xinjiang Uyghur region

People walk under security cameras in China's Xinjiang Uyghur region

People walk under surveillance cameras in Yarkand County in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on June 11, 2015, about a month ahead of the sixth anniversary of a series of ethnic riots in the region's capital Urumqi which left about 200 people dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Armed police officers patrol in China's Xinjiang Uyghur region

Armed police officers patrol in China's Xinjiang Uyghur region

Armed Chinese police officers patrol in Yarkand County in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on June 11, 2015, about a month ahead of the sixth anniversary of a series of ethnic riots in the region's capital Urumqi which left about 200 people dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Police officer stands guard in China's Xinjiang Uyghur region

Police officer stands guard in China's Xinjiang Uyghur region

A Chinese police officer stands guard with an automatic rifle in Yarkand County in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on June 11, 2015, about a month ahead of the sixth anniversary of a series of ethnic riots in the region's capital Urumqi which left about 200 people dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Street in Xinjiang autonomous region

Street in Xinjiang autonomous region

A street in Yarkand County in Kashgar, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, is seen on Jan. 15, 2015. The Chinese government is on alert against illegal exit and entry in the area as several hundred locals from the region are said to have joined the Islamic State group. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

China's Xinjiang region

China's Xinjiang region

Photo taken in Yarkand in China's Xinjiang on April 30, 2021, shows a banner with a slogan calling for the stability and development of the Uyghur autonomous region.