A break for horses by the Yellow Lake, Saryköl, in the Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz people rely heavily on horses in their daily lives: they ferment mare’s milk to make kumis and use their herds to travel across mountain slopes. Horses are also used in tourism to carry hikers’ belongings.

Credit : Natacha Bardy (France, @max_tassan)

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