![Ng Han Guan A boy runs past gers, traditional Mongolian dwelling, on the hill side of Ger fistrict on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/22730618f2f64df6aacf50ead7deeabd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A boy runs past gers, traditional Mongolian dwelling, on the hill side of Ger fistrict on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan The sun sets over a 40-meter- (130-foot-) tall stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan, a national hero who amassed power to become the leader of the Mongols in the early 13th century on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6cd4110241e743f59342c18e2ec998a7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
The sun sets over a 40-meter- (130-foot-) tall stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan, a national hero who amassed power to become the leader of the Mongols in the early 13th century on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan Mongolians herd horses near a 40-meter (130-foot-) tall stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan, a national hero who amassed power to become the leader of the Mongols in the early 13th century, on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f25a23f05c8b4b799bdaa0928908a8d8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Mongolians herd horses near a 40-meter (130-foot-) tall stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan, a national hero who amassed power to become the leader of the Mongols in the early 13th century, on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan A view from a drone over Ger district on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2b2bf6eac91e4947a7d18d6ea90bbfe5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A view from a drone over Ger district on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan A Mongolian woman consults a fortuneteller reading fortune with stones on a street in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ae6df757470146bc9c2ac0a56eab33ac/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A Mongolian woman consults a fortuneteller reading fortune with stones on a street in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan A man pushes a trolley of containers past murals outside a home in the Ger District on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c04f2b2cc0f04f1b93936f754799ea0f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A man pushes a trolley of containers past murals outside a home in the Ger District on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan A woman walks carrying an umbrella as it rains on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0353475de9c74b8ca3a90974ba4999fd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A woman walks carrying an umbrella as it rains on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan A Mongolian horseman leaps onto his horse on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e8eda4f6edd747a5835a98fccbaad47a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A Mongolian horseman leaps onto his horse on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan Mongolian children in traditional costumes sing the national anthem for a cameraman in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c8c7b8ddd4444732b1c640f4be59d15d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Mongolian children in traditional costumes sing the national anthem for a cameraman in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan Byambasambuu Gombosuren leaves after casting his vote at a polling station in the Ger District on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/aca070bfbe1345b9b2c0308d82409f02/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Byambasambuu Gombosuren leaves after casting his vote at a polling station in the Ger District on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan Children wait in a car outside a polling station in a Ger district on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d4260a9368284b69a0c9e02f5ffca54f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Children wait in a car outside a polling station in a Ger district on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan Smoke rises from a chimney and cooling towers of a power plant as the sun sets over residential buildings in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6ca2e8aee8de4136923c9eeec46deaf2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Smoke rises from a chimney and cooling towers of a power plant as the sun sets over residential buildings in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan Residents look at candidates' election posters in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/61ff955ba956493589a3d998e5aafa5b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Residents look at candidates' election posters in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan An elderly Mongolian woman arrives to vote at a polling station in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ced5db3a4c92407881c3294d0ae24a4e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
An elderly Mongolian woman arrives to vote at a polling station in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan Vendors shake off raindrops from a plastic sheet used to cover prizes for dart games at the Zaisan Memorial, a monument that honors allied Mongolian and Soviet soldiers killed in World War II, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e1bbb202b44c433eb8b249ccd0e35648/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Vendors shake off raindrops from a plastic sheet used to cover prizes for dart games at the Zaisan Memorial, a monument that honors allied Mongolian and Soviet soldiers killed in World War II, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan Tourists climb onto the 40-meter- (130-foot-) tall stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan, a national hero who amassed power to become the leader of the Mongols in the early 13th century on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/be5c64963d904cf0aa4fc9b635c81f5d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Tourists climb onto the 40-meter- (130-foot-) tall stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan, a national hero who amassed power to become the leader of the Mongols in the early 13th century on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan Visitors take in the sights as it rains at the Zaisan Memorial, a monument that honors allied Mongolian and Soviet soldiers killed in World War II, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/96697503c2724abb8dc1337f7e30c221/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Visitors take in the sights as it rains at the Zaisan Memorial, a monument that honors allied Mongolian and Soviet soldiers killed in World War II, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan A Mongolian man prepares to smoke after voting at a polling station in Ger district on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/bb491d05a7f04eddafc59b888db45d25/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A Mongolian man prepares to smoke after voting at a polling station in Ger district on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan Tourists visit the 40-meter (130-foot-) tall stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan, a national hero who amassed power to become the leader of the Mongols in the early 13th century, on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/883208bab72b4c91a252b75afb207198/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Tourists visit the 40-meter (130-foot-) tall stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan, a national hero who amassed power to become the leader of the Mongols in the early 13th century, on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan Children move past a street in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7ff4e5a63c1d43dda2253fbe5aa2b165/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Children move past a street in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan Mongolian honor guards prepare for a ceremony marking the first session of the newly elected Parliament in front of the Government Palace on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ce17a8b9a66c43e9a185acb26aeb06d2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Mongolian honor guards prepare for a ceremony marking the first session of the newly elected Parliament in front of the Government Palace on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan The sun sets over a 40-meter- (130-foot-) tall stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan, a national hero who amassed power to become the leader of the Mongols in the early 13th century on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4d4941a7d1e0438997ebcf9b4d6a2a0c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
The sun sets over a 40-meter- (130-foot-) tall stainless steel statue of Genghis Khan, a national hero who amassed power to become the leader of the Mongols in the early 13th century on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan A man holds flowers as he joins an alumni anniversary gathering on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7f9ad49325014c3c9e0ccf94e7602e25/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A man holds flowers as he joins an alumni anniversary gathering on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
![Ng Han Guan A woman hawks artwork depicting rural Mongolia on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1434c4664a73499d95f97d287cc0efd0/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A woman hawks artwork depicting rural Mongolia on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)