written by
Lottie Gross
updated 09.12.2018
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Each year, Survival International – a charity that lobbies for the rights of indigenous peoples – collate the best of their supporters' pictures into an annual calendar. Celebrating the diversity and beauty of tribal peoples around the world, it supports their mission to help them defend their lives, protect their lands and determine their futures.
From the mountains of Bhutan to the waters of the Amazon, here are the 12 stunning pictures.
The K'iche Maya, Guatemala
Indigenous Mayan K'iche woman, Chichicastenango city, Guatemala © Rostasedlacek/Shutterstock
The Dong, China
© Dr. Gilad Fiskus/Shutterstock
The Tucano, Brazil
©Mathias Spaliviero
The Dani, West Papua
© Magda Zelewska
The Asurini, Brazil
© Alice Kohler
The Afar, Ethiopia
© Paolo Ronc
The Suri tribe, Ethiopia
© Giordano Cipriani
The Brokpa, Bhutan
© Tessa Bunney
The H’Mong, Vietnam
©
sutipond/Shutterstock
The Bushmen, Botswana
©
Forest Woodward
The Nenets, Siberia
© Simon Morris
All images from Survival International’s 2017 "We, The People" Calendar available from www.survivalinternational.org/shop.