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24 Hours of Moscow

Rush hour in Moscow's metro. Pascal Dumont
A young couple embracing in the central Arbatskaya metro station just after rush hour Friday evening. Pascal Dumont
Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Lenin keeps an eye on commuters as they rush through the Biblioteka Imeni Lenina metro station. Pascal Dumont
A young couple gazing into central Moscow from a lookout spot in the hills of Vorobyovy Gory on Friday. Pascal Dumont
A chairlift helping ascend the hills outside Moscow State University. Pascal Dumont
Look towards Moscow City from Smotrovaya ploshchadka, and you'll be surprised how much green you see. It's all a matter of perspective. Pascal Dumont
A young man sitting in front of the Luzhniki stadium. Pascal Dumont
A hummer limousine waiting for a group of partying guests at a popular spot across from the main campus of Moscow State University in a southwestern part of town Friday. Pascal Dumont
A bride-to-be walking with friends to a nightclub for her bachelorette party (Девичник) after sunset. Pascal Dumont
Big Reid, 53, from Kyrgyzstan, sleeps on this bench. He told me: "I'm homeless (Я бомж)." Pascal Dumont
In the wee small hours, Moscow can be the perfect spot to share a kiss and ignore everything that is going on around you. Pascal Dumont
Girls heading to the trendy club Gypsy at the old Red October chocolate factory. Pascal Dumont
Partygoers gather on the embankment of Moscow River at former factory turned cultural center Krasny Oktyabr. A man is selling balloons with helium to inhale, so for these revelers the party is far from over. Pascal Dumont
Young men wrestling in the plaza outside the downtown TsUM mall on Friday night. Pascal Dumont
The sun is about to rise over Moscow – but these four will probably not notice it for a while. Pascal Dumont
An all-nighter ends with partygoers waiting for the metro to open around 5:30 a.m. Pascal Dumont
Sunrise in Chistiye Prudy neighborhood. Pascal Dumont
An escalator running deep under the city's streets in a metro station. Pascal Dumont
An Orthodox church is a focal point of a downtown business district. Pascal Dumont
An old-school ticket window inside Moscow's Aeroport metro station. Pascal Dumont
There's more to Moscow than the views on tourist postcards. Businovo district, for example, is located on the far outskirts of Moscow. Pascal Dumont
A young family enjoys an outing in Butovo in Moscow's south. From the center, you'll need 50 minutes by metro to reach this area. Pascal Dumont
Russian words worth learning: Замкадыши is the term for people living outside Moscow's MKAD ring road – like those whose homes are near Buninskaya Alleya, the city's southernmost metro stop. Pascal Dumont
Soldiers walking toward St. Basil's Cathedral to take part of Spasskaya Tower military music festival. Pascal Dumont

Ahead of City Day celebrated on the first weekend of September, Moscow Times photojournalist Pascal Dumont took a 24-hour journey around town with one goal: capture the metropolis's dynamic character throughout its daily cycle. 

Dumont set out on his winding ramble from the city's northern outskirts at Rechnoi Vokzal (River Station) on Friday evening, Aug. 29, 2015, and finished in the south, in Butovo, at sunset the following day. 

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