Pictures of the Week: November 13 – 19, 2004

health workers make their way across Taiga after visiting Mongolia's nomadic reindeer people in Khovsgol province
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Snow Business
International health workers and tourists make their way across the snow-covered Taiga after visiting Mongolia's nomadic reindeer people, in northern Khovsgol province. Mongolia's nomadic reindeer people have roamed the rugged Taiga for centuries, but poverty and encroaching tourism are threatening their way of life. Today, just 207 reindeer people live here

Monday, Nov 15, 2004