A selection of chic pictures from National Geographic

Covered with blankets yaks rest at the yurt of a young Kyrgyz couple on the eve of a summer shopping trip. These portable houses of intertwined felt-covered sticks can be disassembled and collected for seasonal migration. Wooden doors are transferred to a bare plateau from lower heights. (Mattieu Paley)

After the hail, Kyrgyz nomads left the houses near the Aksu River in a remote part of Afghanistan. Sometimes nomads stop here for several weeks between the migration season if the herbs for their cattle are too small in summer or winter parking. (Matthieu Paley)

Siberian hunter Slava Dolbaev uses a spear to get a mammoth tusk from a coastal ice cliff. In order to get one tusk, it can take several hours or even days. Hunters often leave colored beads or silver jewelry as gifts to local spirits. (Evgenia Arbugaeva)

A novice shaman makes offerings in the form of milk to spirits near the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator. (Carolyn Drake)

Kyrgyz shepherds with mobile phones, which they bought and charged using solar panels. Although the phones are useless for communication, they are used to listen to music and take photos. (Matthieu Paley)

On the floating market of Lock-Blagnand in Indonesia, up to the sunrise, up to hundreds of boats gathered, as well as 500 years ago. As the boats sail along the river, women control them and trade in products such as fresh fruits, vegetables, pies and meat.

Years and years of erosion formed this meandering sandy canyon in the Utah Escalante National Park. Below is a flourishing vegetation on the banks of the river, which for so long cut through the stone.

During the NCAA game in Las Vegas, Nevada, pilots from the nearby Nellis Air Force base hold a huge American flag.

A bright autumn foliage surrounds the Komadom waterfall in Nasu, Japan.

Christian Reynolds

Steve Bloom

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