The 105th Country to Abolish the Death Penalty

Mongolia, after a lengthy process, has abolished the death penalty. The country hasn't done one since 2008.

The news was reported by Amnesty International, which keeps track of executions around the world in all countries except China, which prevents them from monitoring executions there. In fact, China considers that information a "state secret." Although the numbers are not known exactly, China executes several times the number of all other nations combined each year.

Rare Wild Horses Are Making a Comeback in Mongolia

The Prague Zoo last month reintroduced four Przewalski's horses into the Gobi Desert, bringing the number from Prague's latest efforts up to 27.

The estimate is that there are now around 190 of these horses running feral around Takhin Tal National Park, Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area, southwest Mongolia. They were extinct as a wild species by 1960 due to hunters and expanded farming.