TO GO WITH Vietnam-elephants-animal-conservation, PHOTOESSAY by Thanh Nguyen and Bao Uyen
TOPSHOT - This photo taken on August 30, 2018 shows a shop at the traditional home of the late Ama Kong, a legendary elephant tamer from the M'nong tribe, selling ivory and elephant hairs to visitors in Buon Don district, Dak Lak province. - In a village in Vietnam's "elephant kingdom", a vendor holds up a severed, dried tail dotted with coarse hairs he promises will bring good luck -– a grim new trade that is endangering the country's few remaining elephants. (Photo by Thanh NGUYEN / AFP) / TO GO WITH Vietnam-elephants-animal-conservation, PHOTOESSAY by Thanh Nguyen and Bao Uyen