Tajik Family Dies Trying To Keep Warm Amid Chronic Power Cuts

A family in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, has died while trying to warm their frigid home with a coal stove, highlighting the dangers posed by chronic power cuts in the Central Asian nation. A funeral was held for the couple and their four children on February 28, a day after they died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Tajikistan is grappling with widespread blackouts, leaving residents struggling to heat their freezing homes.