Life in Kota Bharu
Residents go about their daily activities in the state capital and royal seat of Kelantan.
Photographs by Ahmad Sadiq Mohamad Sani
A man waits to cross a road near the gateway in the centre of Kota Bharu city.
A woman shields herself from the heat of the day as she passes a row of shoplots.
Families and friends have breakfast at a Chinese coffee shop.
A cobbler mends a shoe as he waits for customers outside a shop.
A motorcyclist rides through a field where sheep are grazing near a village.
A couple with their young child cross the Kelantan River by boat.
A fisherman carries fish off his boat at a jetty near the Kelantan River.
Brightly coloured kites fly against the blue sky at Pantai Cahaya Bulan.
A man waits for customers at his horse-drawn carriage in Pantai Melawi.
An external view of the famous Siti Khadijah market in the centre of Kota Bharu city.
Customers and vendors mingle inside the brightly coloured building.
Most if not all of the vendors at the market are women.
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Outside, a man waits for customers at his rickshaw, near a wall decorated with a colourful mural.
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