Border guards ride forward on horsebacks during a snow patrol deep in the defense area at the foot of the Altai Mountains in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on March 1, 2020. The horse patrol team is assigned to a border guard company of the Altay military sub-district under the PLA Xinjiang Military Command. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Xu Mingyuan)