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(FILES) Prison guards check the visiting rooms at the Prison de la Sante in Paris, on November 6, 2020. In Paris, local residents protest against the "nuisance" of the overcrowded Sante prison. A year ago, a number of residents formed an association and began making representations to the authorities. They are calling for permanent patrols around the prison, fixed guard posts and the installation of soundproof windows. (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP)
(FILES) The French and European Union flags flutter outside the Sante prison in Paris on February 26, 2019. In Paris, local residents protest against the "nuisance" of the overcrowded Sante prison. A year ago, a number of residents formed an association and began making representations to the authorities. They are calling for permanent patrols around the prison, fixed guard posts and the installation of soundproof windows. (Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP)
(FILES) Two elderly people walk past the Sante prison on March 19, 2020 in Paris. In Paris, local residents protest against the "nuisance" of the overcrowded Sante prison. A year ago, a number of residents formed an association and began making representations to the authorities. They are calling for permanent patrols around the prison, fixed guard posts and the installation of soundproof windows. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)
(FILES) French waiter and bartender Camille poses in front of the iconic cafe and restaurant, opened in 1884, "Les Deux Magots" in Paris' 6th district, on April 17, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
(FILES) French antiques dealer, Francois poses during a photo session at the Paul Bert - Serpette antiques market in Saint-Ouen, north of Paris, on May 27, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
(FILES) French police officer Sandra poses during a photo session in Paris on April 24, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
(FILES) Paris' city refuse collector, Sabrina poses at Place des Vosges in Paris, on June 03, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
(FILES) Artist cartoonists Michel and Claudine, who draw portraits of tourists, pose at Place du Tertre in Paris on April 10, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
(FILES) French policeman Adrien poses in a night unit uniform of the Paris Police Prefecture during a photo session in Paris, on March 21, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
(FILES) Museum attendant Rguiga poses at the Musee national de la Legion d’Honneur during a photo session in Paris, on May 15, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
(FILES) Head waitress at 'Le Bouillon Chartier' restaurant, Fati poses during a photo session at the restaurant in Paris, on April 30, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
(FILES) Parisian RATP metro station attendant, Florian poses during a photo session at the Guimard exit of the Porte Dauphine metro station in Paris on April 10, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
(FILES) Australian Moulin Rouge's dancer Madison poses on stage at the dinner theater and cabaret "Le Moulin Rouge" in Paris on March 21, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
(FILES) High speed TGV train driver for France's national state-owned railway company SNCF, Magali poses during a photo session in Paris, on April 18, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
(FILES) Bus driver for the Regie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP), Marie-Charlotte poses in her bus during a photo session in Paris, on March 14, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
(FILES) French soldiers from the "Operation Sentinelle" French military operation, protecting the deemed sensitive "points" of the territory from terrorism, poses during a photo session below the Sacre-Coeur basilica in Paris, on May 15, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
(FILES) Director of Laduree macarons' shop, Maxence poses outside the shop on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, on March 7, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
(FILES) Air France Pilot Antoine poses by an Airbus A350 passenger plane during a photo session at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France, north of Paris, on April 4, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
(FILES) Second-hand bookseller (bouquiniste), Edouard poses in front of his stands, where he sells antiquarian books and old posters, on the left bank of the Seine River in Paris on April 6, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
(FILES) Museum attendant Alexis poses next to a wax figure of French football player Kylian MBappe at the Grevin Wax museum in Paris, on May 03, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
(FILES) Members of a Paris firefighting brigade pose by their truck during a photo session in Paris, on May 13, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
(FILES) Personal shopper for La Samaritaine luxury department store, Rou poses during a photo session at La Samaritaine in Paris, on April 17, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
(FILES) Paris metro driver Astrid poses during a photo session at the Porte de Saint-Cloud metro station in Paris on May 2, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
(FILES) (From L) Moulin Rouge's dancer, Fanny, Keira et Alana, wearing French Cancan outfits made of petticoat, knickers and corset, garter and ankle boots, pose at the entrance of the cabaret "Le Moulin Rouge" in Paris on March 13, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
(FILES) Security guard Hakim poses in the Hall of Mirrors (Galerie des Glaces) in the Chateau de Versailles (Palace of Versailles), in Versailles, southwest of Paris on April 8, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)
(FILES) French craftsperson of the Year 1986 in Bakery (Meilleur Ouvrier de France en Boulangerie) , Christian Vabret poses in front of his bakery, in Paris' 4th district, on April 11, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
(FILES) French driver Eric for '2 CV Paris Visits', who proposes to explore the French capital with his iconic Citroen 2 CV, poses during a photo session in Paris, on May 7, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
(FILES) Doorman of the Hotel Lutetia, Jean poses in front of the hotel in Paris on April 12, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
(FILES) Head waiter at the Angelina tea house and cafe, Frederic poses during a photo session in Paris, on April 12, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
(FILES) Owner of the cheese shop "Barthelemy", Claire poses in front of her store in Paris on April 12, 2024. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
(FILES) AFP presents 'Paris Welcomes You', a reportage by AFP photographers of 31 pictures taken through March-June, 2024 in Paris, of some of the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. From the stage of the Moulin Rouge to the tarmac of Charles-de-Gaulle airport and the Chateau de Versailles, AFP photographers went to meet the French people who will be welcoming the millions of visitors to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. They are police officers, bus drivers, museum attendants or waiters, and this summer they will be in contact with the more than 15 million tourists expected in the capital. Rarely in the limelight, these men and women embody the diversity of people and professions that make up the Parisian postcard. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE-OLY-PARIS-2024-PARIS WELCOMES YOU (Photo by Julien DE ROSA and Miguel MEDINA / AFP)
(FILES) AFP presents a reportage of a series of combinations of archive photos from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s and photos taken by photographer Dimitar Dilkoff in March and April 2024 showing before and after views of street scenes and landmarks in Paris as the French capital braces for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
Protesters from labour groups carrying placards with slogan asking the government for a minimum wage hike of 150 PHP (approx 2.5 USD), march towards the Congress of the Philippines during a demonstration coinciding with the State of the Nation Address by Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Manila on July 22, 2024. (Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP)
Protesters from labour groups carrying placards with slogan asking the government for a minimum wage hike of 150 PHP (approx 2.5 USD), march towards the Congress of the Philippines during a demonstration coinciding with the State of the Nation Address by Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Manila on July 22, 2024. (Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP)
AFP presents a reportage by Hector Retamal of 52 photographs taken between June 27 - July 5, 2024, of Mongolians straddling the divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. Search MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE for the accompanying text and video. Search ‘REPORTAGE’ to source all feature, magazine and photo essays. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh walking with his horse while herding sheep and goats in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 3, 2024 shows livestock herder Khurtsbaatar Enkhbilig riding a motorcycle on a field where his animals graze in Khutag-Undur in Bulgan province. For Enkhbilig, 43, a former publisher, the decision to move to the countryside and become a herder was years in the making. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh standing next to his horse while herding his sheep and goats in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows Bat-Erdene Khulan (C), a financial consultant who now lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, posing with her parents Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene (R) and Sanduijav Altakhuyag outside a ger (Mongolian tent) in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows herder Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene, the father of financial consultant Bat-Erdene Khulan who now lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, speaking during an interview with AFP in his ger (Mongolian tent) in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh herding his sheep and goats in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh riding his horse while herding his sheep and goats in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows Chagdgaa Battsetseg on a boat on the Eg River in Hantay in Bulgan province. A successful skincare entrepreneur in a past life, Battsetseg now fishes, herds goats and keeps bees far from the capital city. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh riding his horse before herding his sheep and goats in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh getting ready to leave his ger (Mongolian tent) in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 3, 2024 shows livestock herder Khurtsbaatar Enkhbilig riding a motorcycle on a field where his animals graze in Khutag-Undur in Bulgan province. For Enkhbilig, 43, a former publisher, the decision to move to the countryside and become a herder was years in the making. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows herder Gan-Erdene Ganbat posing on a motorcycle outside his ger (Mongolian tent) in Khutag-Undur, Bulgan province. Ganbat, 27, pins his hopes for fame, fortune and marriage on his prize horse, a fixture at local traditional races. He acknowledged the isolation many of his fellow young herders felt: a dwindling social circle, arrogance from city dwellers who look down on rural folks and slim opportunities for dating. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows a general view of the ger (Mongolian tent) of herder Gan-Erdene Ganbat at a field in Khutag-Undur, Bulgan province. Ganbat, 27, pins his hopes for fame, fortune and marriage on his prize horse, a fixture at local traditional races. He acknowledged the isolation many of his fellow young herders felt: a dwindling social circle, arrogance from city dwellers who look down on rural folks and slim opportunities for dating. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh posing next to his ger (Mongolian tent) in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows a view from the ger (Mongolian tent) of Bat-Erdene Khulan's parents in Batsumber, Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows Chagdgaa Battsetseg checking on beehives in Hantay in Bulgan province. A successful skincare entrepreneur in a past life, Battsetseg now fishes, herds goats and keeps bees far from the capital city. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows an aerial view of Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene (R) and Sanduijav Altakhuyag (L), parents of financial consultant Bat-Erdene Khulan who now lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, tending to their cattle on a field in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 3, 2024 shows livestock herder Khurtsbaatar Enkhbilig tending to his livestock in Khutag-Undur in Bulgan province. For Enkhbilig, 43, a former publisher, the decision to move to the countryside and become a herder was years in the making. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh preparing to ride his horse before herding his sheep and goats in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows Sanduijav Altakhuyag, the mother of financial consultant Bat-Erdene Khulan who now lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, preparing lunch inside a ger (Mongolian tent) in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows herder Gan-Erdene Ganbat sitting past horses in Khutag-Undur, Bulgan province. Ganbat, 27, pins his hopes for fame, fortune and marriage on his prize horse, a fixture at local traditional races. He acknowledged the isolation many of his fellow young herders felt: a dwindling social circle, arrogance from city dwellers who look down on rural folks and slim opportunities for dating. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows herder Gan-Erdene Ganbat during an interview with AFP in Khutag-Undur, Bulgan province. Ganbat, 27, pins his hopes for fame, fortune and marriage on his prize horse, a fixture at local traditional races. He acknowledged the isolation many of his fellow young herders felt: a dwindling social circle, arrogance from city dwellers who look down on rural folks and slim opportunities for dating. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows Chagdgaa Battsetseg (R) checking on beehives in Hantay in Bulgan province. A successful skincare entrepreneur in a past life, Battsetseg now fishes, herds goats and keeps bees far from the capital city. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows Sanduijav Altakhuyag, the mother of financial consultant Bat-Erdene Khulan who now lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, posing next to her ger (Mongolian tent) in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh standing next to his horse while herding sheep and goats in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 1, 2024 shows Chagdgaa Battsetseg posing next to the Eg River in Hantay in Bulgan province. A successful skincare entrepreneur in a past life, Battsetseg now fishes, herds goats and keeps bees far from the capital city. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows an aerial view of the steppe surrounding the ger (Mongolian tent) of Bat-Erdene Khulan's parents in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 1, 2024 shows Chagdgaa Battsetseg talking during an interview with AFP in Hantay in Bulgan province. A successful skincare entrepreneur in a past life, Battsetseg now fishes, herds goats and keeps bees far from the capital city. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows herder Gan-Erdene Ganbat posing outside his ger (Mongolian tent) in Khutag-Undur, Bulgan province. Ganbat, 27, pins his hopes for fame, fortune and marriage on his prize horse, a fixture at local traditional races. He acknowledged the isolation many of his fellow young herders felt: a dwindling social circle, arrogance from city dwellers who look down on rural folks and slim opportunities for dating. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows Sanduijav Altakhuyag, the mother of financial consultant Bat-Erdene Khulan who now lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, preparing lunch inside her ger (Mongolian tent) in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh getting ready to leave his ger (Mongolian tent) in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 3, 2024 shows Chagdgaa Battsetseg milking a goat in Hantay in Bulgan province. A successful skincare entrepreneur in a past life, Battsetseg now fishes, herds goats and keeps bees far from the capital city. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 1, 2024 shows Chagdgaa Battsetseg posing next to the Eg River in Hantay in Bulgan province. A successful skincare entrepreneur in a past life, Battsetseg now fishes, herds goats and keeps bees far from the capital city. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh standing next to his horse while herding sheep and goats in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene (L), the father of financial consultant Bat-Erdene Khulan (C) who now lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, talking while his wife Sanduijav Altakhuyag (R) prepares lunch with their daughter inside a ger (Mongolian tent) in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 27, 2024 shows Khorol Enkhtuya walking down a street in Ulaanbaatar. Enkhtuya, 42, who now works as a civil servant specialising in welfare, is now one of hundreds of thousands who have moved over the past two decades from the countryside into the capital, now home to half the population. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows herder Gan-Erdene Ganbat tending to his horses in Khutag-Undur, Bulgan province. Ganbat, 27, pins his hopes for fame, fortune and marriage on his prize horse, a fixture at local traditional races. He acknowledged the isolation many of his fellow young herders felt: a dwindling social circle, arrogance from city dwellers who look down on rural folks and slim opportunities for dating. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows herder Gan-Erdene Ganbat tending to his horses in Khutag-Undur, Bulgan province. Ganbat, 27, pins his hopes for fame, fortune and marriage on his prize horse, a fixture at local traditional races. He acknowledged the isolation many of his fellow young herders felt: a dwindling social circle, arrogance from city dwellers who look down on rural folks and slim opportunities for dating. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows Chagdgaa Battsetseg piloting a boat along the Eg River in Hantay in Bulgan province. A successful skincare entrepreneur in a past life, Battsetseg now fishes, herds goats and keeps bees far from the capital city. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene (L) and Sanduijav Altakhuyag (R), parents of financial consultant Bat-Erdene Khulan who now lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, tending to their cattle on a field in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 27, 2024 shows financial consultant Bat-Erdene Khulan speaking during an interview with AFP in Ulaanbaatar. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 3, 2024 shows livestock herder Khurtsbaatar Enkhbilig feeding his animals in Khutag-Undur in Bulgan province. For Enkhbilig, 43, a former publisher, the decision to move to the countryside and become a herder was years in the making. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh riding his horse in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene, the father of financial consultant Bat-Erdene Khulan who now lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, posing outside his ger (Mongolian tent) in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows financial consultant Bat-Erdene Khulan, who now lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, greeting her parents Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene (R) and Sanduijav Altakhuyag upon her arrival for a visit outside their ger (Mongolian tent) in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows Bat-Erdene Khulan (L), a financial consultant who now lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, talking with her mother Sanduijav Altakhuyag inside their ger (Mongolian tent) in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows Bat-Erdene Khulan (C), a financial consultant who now lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, posing with her parents Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene (R) and Sanduijav Altakhuyag outside a ger (Mongolian tent) in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 2, 2024 shows herder Gan-Erdene Ganbat tending to his horses in Khutag-Undur, Bulgan province. Ganbat, 27, pins his hopes for fame, fortune and marriage on his prize horse, a fixture at local traditional races. He acknowledged the isolation many of his fellow young herders felt: a dwindling social circle, arrogance from city dwellers who look down on rural folks and slim opportunities for dating. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene, the father of financial consultant Bat-Erdene Khulan who now lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, showing a book with pictures of a trip to Paris during an interview with AFP in his ger (Mongolian tent) in Batsumber Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh riding his horse in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows Luvsanbaldan Batsukh resting next to his horse after herding sheep and goats in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province. Batsukh, 25, tried working two years as a construction worker in the city but it wasn't to his liking. Now, he cuts a dashing figure riding his horse down rolling hills, living alongside his brother and his family in a small cluster of remote gers. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
This photo taken on June 30, 2024 shows herders Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene and Sanduijav Altakhuyag, parents of financial consultant Bat-Erdene Khulan who lives in the capital Ulaanbaatar, resting by a hut on a field in Batsumber in Tuv province. Frozen from horseriding in the winter and teased by other kids for her tan from summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers childhood on Mongolia's steppe with her herder parents. She has since studied in Luxembourg, raised a child in the city, and earns a comfortable living in finance -- bridging a divide between rural and urban life in a country where the demands of the modern world are extinguishing nomadic traditions. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) / To go with 'MONGOLIA-GENDER-HERDERS-CULTURE, SPECIAL REPORT' by Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt
Chairman of FLC group Trinh Van Quyet (C) is escorted by policemen to a court for his trial on fraud charges in Hanoi on July 22, 2024. Vietnamese property and aviation tycoon Trinh Van Quyet faced justice in Hanoi on July 22 as authorities asserting their iron fist on wrongdoings among the business community. (Photo by Anh TUC / AFP)
(FILES) Burkinabe and French relatives of the victims of the Air Algerie Flight AH 5017 crash lay flowers at a stele during a memorial gathering for the victims near the crash site in Mali's Gossi region, west of Gao, on April 21, 2015. July 24, 2024 marks the 10 year anniversary of the crash of Air Algerie Flight AH5017 that was en route from Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou to Algiers on July 24, 2014 when it went down in northern Mali just a half hour after take-off, killing 116 people. (Photo by AFP)
(FILES) People gather in Ouagadougou on January 13, 2015 near coffins draped with Burkina Faso flags carrying the remains of some of the Burkinabe victims of Air Algerie flight AH5017, which crashed in Mali on July 24, 2014. July 24, 2024 marks the 10 year anniversary of the crash of Air Algerie Flight AH5017 that was en route from Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou to Algiers on July 24, 2014 when it went down in northern Mali just a half hour after take-off, killing 116 people. (Photo by Ahmed OUOBA / AFP)
(FILES) A French soldier looks at the debris at the crash site of the Air Algerie Flight AH 5017 in Mali's Gossi region, west of Gao, on July 26, 2014. July 24, 2024 marks the 10 year anniversary of the crash of Air Algerie Flight AH5017 that was en route from Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou to Algiers on July 24, 2014 when it went down in northern Mali just a half hour after take-off, killing 116 people. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP)
(FILES) A photo taken on July 26, 2014 shows debris of the Air Algerie Flight AH 5017 scattered at the crash site in Mali's Gossi region, west of Gao. July 24, 2024 marks the 10 year anniversary of the crash of Air Algerie Flight AH5017 that was en route from Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou to Algiers on July 24, 2014 when it went down in northern Mali just a half hour after take-off, killing 116 people. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP)
(FILES) A man cries as he crouches before flowers to pay homage to the young brother he lost in the crash of the Air Algerie AH5017 flight, at the crash site in Mali's Gossi region, on July 29, 2014. July 24, 2024 marks the 10 year anniversary of the crash of Air Algerie Flight AH5017 that was en route from Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou to Algiers on July 24, 2014 when it went down in northern Mali just a half hour after take-off, killing 116 people. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP)
(FILES) A picture shows a document presented during a press conference at the French Foreign Affairs ministry in Paris on July 28, 2014, showing an aerial view of the crash site of the Air Algerie flight AH5017, which killed 118 people on board including 54 French nationals. July 24, 2024 marks the 10 year anniversary of the crash of Air Algerie Flight AH5017 that was en route from Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou to Algiers on July 24, 2014 when it went down in northern Mali just a half hour after take-off, killing 116 people. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
(FILES) A photo taken on July 26, 2014 shows debris of the Air Algerie Flight AH 5017 scattered at the crash site in Mali's Gossi region, west of Gao. July 24, 2024 marks the 10 year anniversary of the crash of Air Algerie Flight AH5017 that was en route from Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou to Algiers on July 24, 2014 when it went down in northern Mali just a half hour after take-off, killing 116 people. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP)
(FILES) Aerial view taken on July 26, 2014 shows the crash site of the Air Algerie Flight AH 5017, in Mali's Gossi region, west of Gao. July 24, 2024 marks the 10 year anniversary of the crash of Air Algerie Flight AH5017 that was en route from Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou to Algiers on July 24, 2014 when it went down in northern Mali just a half hour after take-off, killing 116 people. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP)
(FILES) A picture taken on August 1, 2014 shows the wreckage of the Air Algerie flight AH5017 that crashed in the Gossi region in northern Mali on July 24. July 24, 2024 marks the 10 year anniversary of the crash of Air Algerie Flight AH5017 that was en route from Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou to Algiers on July 24, 2014 when it went down in northern Mali just a half hour after take-off, killing 116 people. (Photo by Sebastien RIEUSSEC / AFP)
Pachuca's Venezuelan forward Salomon Rondon (L) and Pumas' midfielder Ulises Rivas fight for the ball during the Liga MX Apertura tournament football match between Pumas and Pachuca at the Olimpico Universitario stadium in Mexico City on July 21, 2024. (Photo by Rodrigo Oropeza / AFP)
(FILES) General view taken on October 6, 2021 of the Angel Falls (Salto Angel), the world's highest waterfall, with a height of 979 meters (3,212 feet), located in Canaima National Park, Bolivar State, Gran Sabana Region, South-Eastern Venezuela. Venezuela, a once-prosperous South American country which has been scarred by a decade of economic ruin and political repression, holds elections on July 28, 2024, in which President Nicolas Maduro is seeking a third term. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP)
(FILES) Picture taken on May 24, 2009 of the "Cayo de Agua" beach, one of the islands of Los Roques Archipelago in Venezuela, 128 km northern Caracas coast. Venezuela, a once-prosperous South American country which has been scarred by a decade of economic ruin and political repression, holds elections on July 28, 2024, in which President Nicolas Maduro is seeking a third term. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)
(FILES) Venezuelan Presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado attend a campaign rally in Caracas on July 4, 2024. Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, a soft-spoken grandfather who eschews the spotlight, is the Venezuelan opposition's hope for unseating strongman Nicolas Maduro in July 28 presidential elections. (Photo by Gabriela ORAA / AFP)
(FILES) Picture taken on May 24, 2009 of the "Cayo de Agua" beach, one of the islands of Los Roques Archipelago in Venezuela, 128 km northern Caracas coast. Venezuela, a once-prosperous South American country which has been scarred by a decade of economic ruin and political repression, holds elections on July 28, 2024, in which President Nicolas Maduro is seeking a third term. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)
(FILES) Venezuelan President and presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro hugs his wife, Cilia Flores, during a campaign rally in Caracas on July 16, 2024. Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has been written off many times during a turbulent decade in power. But the former bus driver and anointed heir of Hugo Chavez has stubbornly clung to the wheel. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP)
(FILES) Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez (2nd L) nex to his wife Mercedes Lopez, and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado (R) attend a campaign rally in Barinas, Venezuela, on July 6, 2024. Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, a soft-spoken grandfather who eschews the spotlight, is the Venezuelan opposition's hope for unseating strongman Nicolas Maduro in July 28 presidential elections. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP)
