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Yuri Andries

A migrant worker from Bihar, India poses for a portrait.

Tibetan prayer wheels, called mani wheels, are believed to spread spiritual blessings and well-being.

India maintains a military presence in the state of Jammu and Kashmir—subject of a territorial conflict among China, India, and Pakistan.

A young monk at the Karma Dupgyud Choeling Monastery blows into a ceremonial trumpet, or dungchen.

A young student meditates at Druk White Lotus School. In Ladakh, children meditate from a young age.

This pair heads home after their day at Tibetan Buddhist school in Shey, Ladakh.

A herd of domestic, long-haired yak hunches under the towering peaks.

The Druk White Lotus School in Shey, Ladakh, relies upon solar energy.

The isolated area near the village of Chumathang, in Ladakh, is known for its natural hot springs.

Seeming to defy logic, an apricot tree blooms in the region's lunar-like alpine desert.