diff --git a/map/src/menu/search/explore/PhotosModal.jsx b/map/src/menu/search/explore/PhotosModal.jsx
index ebd2ef549..a9ab9194f 100644
--- a/map/src/menu/search/explore/PhotosModal.jsx
+++ b/map/src/menu/search/explore/PhotosModal.jsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { otherImgTags } from '../../../infoblock/components/wpt/WptTagsProvider';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import { fmt } from '../../../util/dateFmt';
+import { normalizeLang } from '../../../util/lang';
 
 export default function PhotosModal({ photos }) {
     const ctx = useContext(AppContext);
@@ -120,13 +121,21 @@ export default function PhotosModal({ photos }) {
         return isNaN(d) ? dateStr : fmt.dMMMMY(d);
     };
 
+    const normalizeLangKeys = (parsed, normalize) => {
+        const out = {};
+        for (const key in parsed) {
+            out[normalize(key)] = parsed[key];
+        }
+        return out;
+    };
+
     const parseDescription = (descriptionStr) => {
         if (!descriptionStr) {
             return '';
         }
         try {
-            const parsed = JSON.parse(descriptionStr);
-            const currentLang = i18n.language?.split('-')[0] || 'en';
+            const parsed = normalizeLangKeys(JSON.parse(descriptionStr), normalizeLang);
+            const currentLang = i18n.language ?? 'en';
 
             if (parsed[currentLang]) {
                 return parsed[currentLang];
diff --git a/map/src/util/lang.js b/map/src/util/lang.js
index e5e4e22a5..f74f77931 100644
--- a/map/src/util/lang.js
+++ b/map/src/util/lang.js
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 const LANG_TRANSFORM_MAP = {
-    yue: 'zhyue',
+    zhyue: 'yue',
     'b+be+Latn': 'be-BY',
+    'sr-el': 'sr-Latn',
+    'sr-ec': 'sr',
+    in: 'id',
+    iw: 'he',
+    sh: 'sr',
+    cz: 'cs',
+    tw: 'zh-TW',
+    jp: 'ja',
+    sp: 'es',
+    mo: 'ro-MD',
+    ua: 'uk',
 };
 
 /**