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Members of a Mongolian honor guard prepare for a ceremony marking the first session of the newly elected Parliament in front of the Government Palace...

Members of a Mongolian honor guard leave after a ceremony marking the first session of the newly elected Parliament in front of the Government Palace...

Mongolian honor guards prepare for a ceremony marking the first session of the newly elected Parliament in front of the Government Palace on Sukhbaata...

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 t...

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 M...

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...

A Mongolian horseman leaps onto his horse on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/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 G...

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...

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 Mon...

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 M...

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 a...

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,...

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...

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...

Byambasambuu Gombosuren leaves after casting his vote at a polling station in the Ger District on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June...

An elderly Mongolian woman arrives to vote at a polling station in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/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....

A view from a drone over Ger district on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/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 H...

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...

A woman walks carrying an umbrella as it rains on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/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, 2...

A woman hawks artwork depicting rural Mongolia on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Residents look at candidates' election posters in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Children move past a street in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)