
A sheepdog herds sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

A sheepdog herds sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

A sheepherder and his sheepdogs herd sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

A sheepdog herds sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin is seen at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin herds sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin and his sheepdogs herd sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin herds sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin and his sheepdog are seen at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin and his sheepdogs herd sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin and his sheepdogs herd sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo: Xinhua