MONGOLIA

Alcoholism, domestic abuse and homelessness are some of the many problems the country faces. Here, an inmate peers through his cell at the boy's prison in Ulaanbaatar on June 28, 2010.

Independent miners, aka "ninjas," play pool on a worksite near Uyanga on June 17, 2010. http://www.foreignpolicy.com/files/fp_uploaded_images/101228_Mongolia_fadek_088.jpg