The South Sudan cattle drovers - in pictures

The Dinka tribe, who tend to their cattle day and night, are moving to grazing land near the Nile

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  A Sudanese boy from Dinka tribe touches the horns of a cow at their cattle camp in Mingkaman, Lakes State, South Sudan. All photos by Stefanie Glinski / AFP Photo

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  A Sudanese boy covers his face in ash from a burned cow dung to keep away mosquitos.

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  Tribesmen drag away a dead cow which was killed by a scorpion sting.

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  A boy keeps warm in the early morning.

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  Sudanese girl Den, 14, from the Dinka tribe, works as a cattle keeper, cook and cleaner and aid to her brother.

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  Early morning at the cattle camp.

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  A Sudanese boy covers his face with ash, which acts as a mosquito repellent.

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  A boy poses for a photo with his cattle.

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  A Sudanese boy holds his spear.

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  Two boys smile for the camera at the cattle camp.

Members of the Dinka tribe from the highlands of South Sudan have begun their annual migration to the country's lowlands near the River Nile.

The pastoralists, who tend to their cattle day and night, will set up camps to make sure their cattle are close to grazing land during the dry season, which runs between December and May.

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