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