[image: Wakhan Valley in the autumn] BBC News website readers Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll, on a journey around the world, took these pictures in the remote Pamir mountain district of Tajikistan in Central Asia.
[image: Donkeys carrying firewood on mountain trail] "The snow-capped peaks of the Hindu Kush provide a dramatic backdrop for donkeys carrying firewood to the Wakhan Valley village of Langar." [image: Man in home with bread on table] "Pamiri people are well-known for their hospitality. Even though they have very little, they often invited us in for tea, bread, conversation and, occasionally, fresh milk." [image: Women carrying water in mountain valley] "Women in the Wakhan Valley village of Langar carry water regularly from a mountain stream to supply their homes with fresh water. Running water is very difficult to come by." [image: Women with goats on mountain pass] "Most Pamiri families subsist by raising a few animals and growing what they can. Many fathers work in Russia, leaving their families to survive on money they send home." [image: Cafe in storage tank in village] "A recycled metal container serves as a makeshift café in Murghab's central market area. Life in the high desert is difficult. Nothing grows, not even potatoes." [image: Vendor in market at Khorog] "A vendor at the market in Khorog shares the story of the death of a relative the night before. The vendor was a nurse during the Soviet era. She said health care was now scarce." [image: Car in high mountain pass] "This car carried eight women, a boy and a driver across Tajikistan's highest navigable pass, Ak-Baital (4,655m) [15,272ft]. Every few kilometres, their tyres went flat."
