Global Press Journal Connections: The World in Photos

Battsengel, Mongolia

Enkhbazar Darambazar, 12, milks a goat in Battsengel, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Enkhbazar spends summers in the countryside with his family and helps with chores.

Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur

Bayandalai, Umnugovi, Mongolia

Batbayar Yondon, a herder, paints his ger, or yurt, in the countryside north of Bayandalai, Umnugovi province, Mongolia. Mongolian gers are designed to be lightweight and durable, which makes them suitable for a nomadic lifestyle.

Photo by Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu

Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia

Enkhtsetseg Enkhbaatar, right, paints Nemekhjargal Togtokhbayar’s nails in Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Enkhtsetseg has been working as a manicurist since 2019, when the bank where she used to work went bankrupt.

Photo by Odonchimeg Batsukh

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Otgontuul Nyamsuren braids paper to create a flowerpot basket in Khan-Uul district, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. “I tried to braid paper six years ago and quit,” Otgontuul says. “During the [coronavirus] lockdown, I learned how to make paper plates and bags. I also post pictures of them on Facebook for people to learn from me.”

Photo by Nansalmaa Oyunchimeg

Battsengel, Mongolia

Agvaansambuu Byambadorj helps his family assemble their ger, a portable circular dwelling, at their summer camp in Battsengel, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Nomadic Mongolians move each season, and the ger can be easily disassembled and rebuilt.

Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur

Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia

Batkhuyag Tserendorj releases an arrow while practicing archery at the central stadium in Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi Province, Mongolia. Just a few days before the annual Nadam Festival was set to begin, archers like Batkhuyag, who were planning to compete there, were notified that the event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Photo by Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Turbayar Bat-Od, center, holding the microphone, performs with other members of the band Open Mic Lowc in Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia. The event was organized to thank and encourage health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Byambadorj, Mongolia

Byambadorj Davaa plows a field in Ulziit, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Because of poor vegetation growth in summer, herders purchase grass to feed their livestock in winter from farmers like Byambadorj, who started to grow animal feed, or fodder, this year.

Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur

Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia

Davaasuren Purevsuren, a technology teacher, carves Yanjinlkham, the goddess of art, with a chisel on cedar wood in Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Davaasuren, who has been carving since 1995, was able to spend more time on his hobby when schools were closed during the coronavirus lockdowns. “One doesn’t learn how to carve suddenly one day,” he says. “It takes a daily practice, little by little.”

Photo by Odonchimeg Batsukh

Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai Province, Mongolia

Myagmardorj Erdenebat and Tuvshinbayar Batchuluun paint a mural commissioned by a restaurant in Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia.

Photo by Odonchimeg Batsukh

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Otgonkhishig Choisuren and Bilegdemberel Battur plant flowers at Amar Central Square in Erdenet city, Orkhon province, Mongolia. Otgonkhishig, who is part of the province’s initiative to plant around 50,000 flowers, says, “I like this work very much, because I contribute to making our city scenery fresh by planting beautiful flowers of multiple colors. I do this out of happiness.”

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Umnugovi Province, Mongolia

Baljinnyam Erdenechuluun, 12, and Temuulen Khash-Erdene, 14, ride bikes on training rollers in Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia. Selected children, with permission from their parents, started training for state-level cycling races in hopes of qualifying for national races.

Photo by Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu

Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia

Tsogt-Ochir Damdin wraps flowers in plastic to prevent them from freezing in Erdenebulgan soum, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Tsogt-Ochir says, “When my grandchildren are born, I plant a tree and assign it to each one of them.”

Photo by Odonchimeg Batsukh

Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia

Oyunchimeg Lutbat paints flower details on the frame of a yurt, or ger, in Erdenebulgan soum, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Oyunchimeg, who owns a woodworking business with her family, says, “We have been working at a wood factory from generation to generation, and now we are making everything that can be made of wood.”

Photo by Odonchimeg Batsukh

Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia

Ariunjargal Sainbuyan gives Khorolmaa Urtnasan the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Dalanzadgad, the capital of Umnugovi province, Mongolia. According to its website, the province has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country.

Photo by Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Uranchimeg Oyunchimeg paints a bench in a shopping district in Erdenet city, Orkhon province, Mongolia. Uranchimeg, who manages this retail area, says, “After the [coronavirus] lockdown is over, everyone will be back to work. I believe that people who come to our shopping street at that time would cheer up and feel happy seeing the colorful, fresh street.”

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia

A mobile team tests Bayaraa Jambaltseren for the coronavirus as others in line maintain social distancing in Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia. As the number of coronavirus infections increased, Umnugovi province organized a surveillance measure called “One Family, One Test.”

Photo by Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu

Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia

Ariunzaya Enkhbayar heats thread while making soutache earrings during her lunch break in Erdenebulgan soum, Arkhangai province, Mongolia. Ariunzaya, who works full time for a government organization, says, “Working on soutache craft like this and sewing daalin [snuff bags] serve as meditation for me.”

Photo by Odonchimeg Batsukh

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Gantulga Ankhaa, who is temporarily repairing bikes to earn an income, adjusts a bicycle rim in Erdenet city, Orkhon province, Mongolia. Since automobile traffic is suspended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, more people are riding bicycles to work. “Instead of sitting idly at home doing nothing just because the work is suspended,” Gantulga says, “it is important for a young person to keenly observe and be aware of what could be done given the circumstances of any given time, to be able to identify opportunities and to use them properly.”

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Batjargal Choijiljav carves a wooden horse at his home in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Batjargal, who has carved 14,400 wooden horses over his 25-year sculpting career, says a single mistake would be irreversible and make the sculpture worthless.

Photo by Myagmarsuren Battur

Arkhangai province

Lkhagvasuren Ulamnemekh pours candle wax into a mold after adding color and essential oil at her home in Mongolia’s Arkhangai province. Lkhagvasuren, who is a teacher, began making body scrubs, bath bombs, eco-soaps and other items during the coronavirus lockdown.

Photo by Odonchimeg Batsukh

Dalanzadgad, Umnugovi province, Mongolia

Suvd Oyuntsetseg and other teachers and staff at Kindergarten No. 9 wash and disinfect playground equipment after a March 14 dust storm in Dalanzadgad, a city in Mongolia’s Umnugovi province.

Photo by Uranchimeg Tsogkhuu

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Bilegtsaikhan Pagva makes a cutting board for cooking and kneading dough at his home workshop in Erdenet, a city in Mongolia’s Orkhon province. Bilegtsaikhan, who has stomach cancer, makes wooden kitchen tools as a healthier alternative to plastic. “No matter how serious one’s disease is, a person should not abandon his or her wishes and goals in life,” Bilegtsaikhan says with a smile. “One should work hard.”

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

Orkhon Province, Mongolia

Ochgerel Batbayar bottle-feeds a newborn goat at her home in Orkhon, a soum in Mongolia’s Bulgan province. “Sometimes I talk to them as if I am with my friends,” she says with a smile. “It seems to me that they understand my conversations.”

Photo by Khorloo Khukhnokhoi

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Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

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Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Umnugovi Province, Mongolia

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Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia

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Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

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Erdenebulgan, Arkhangai province, Mongolia

Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

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Erdenet, Orkhon province, Mongolia

Orkhon Province, Mongolia