12 poignant images of tribal peoples around the world

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 Dropdown content

Indigenous Mayan K'iche woman, Chichicastenango city, Guatemala © Rostasedlacek/Shutterstock

The Dong, China Dropdown content

© Dr. Gilad Fiskus/Shutterstock

The Tucano, Brazil Dropdown content

©Mathias Spaliviero

The Dani, West Papua

© Magda Zelewska

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The Asurini, Brazil Dropdown content

© Alice Kohler

The Afar, Ethiopia Dropdown content

© Paolo Ronc

The Suri tribe, Ethiopia Dropdown content

© 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.