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Mongolia

Mongolian livestock succumb en masse to the freezing dzud

By Joanna Chiu

Daashka and his brother tear across the Mongolian steppe on a motorbike in a desperate search for somewhere to graze their herds. Pastureland is dwindling rapidly as the country is beset by a cycle of drought and harsh winter that is killing off livestock in droves.

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