(260212) -- ULAN BATOR, Feb. 12, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Livestock are seen near a herder family in Bayan-Onjuul soum, Tuv province, Mongolia, Jan. 24, 2026. Extremely cold winter known as dzud in Mongolia has killed more than 26,300 head of livestock in January in the western provinces of Uvs, Bayan-Ulgii and Zavkhan, as well as the central province of Uvurkhangai, the country's National Statistics Office (NSO) said on Thursday.
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