A year in travel – by Guardian photographer Kevin Rushby

Papua New Guinea: Moses the boatman and a starfish at low tide in the Tigak archipelago, a string of small, jungle-covered islands that stretch north from New Ireland, itself 600 miles east of Papua New Guinea's mainland Photograph: Kevin Rushby

Papua New Guinea: brothers Jason and Ishmael at a sing-sing (traditional gathering) in Namasaro. Ishmael’s head-dress is made from bird-of-paradise feathers
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Papua New Guinea: Matthew, in a youth hut in Namasaro. After leaving their parents’ huts, teenage boys live here until they marry
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Chile: guide Juan Marambio at Tatio hot springs. Located at an altitude of around 4,300m, in a frozen and barren landscape, the springs are spectacular at dawn Photograph: Kevin Rushby

Chile: an elderly couple and their granddaughter in Talabre, a Chilean village that lies on the slopes of the active volcano, Lascar (5,592m). Most working-age people in the village leave their children behind to go and work in the copper mines Photograph: Kevin Rushby

Wyoming, US: Kirk, a tyre-fitter, in Pinedale, an area where hunting is a full-time obsession for many Photograph: kevin rushby/Kevin Rushby

Wyoming, US: The Cowboy Bar in Meeteetse, Wyoming, is the only survivor of the town’s original seven bars. This place boasts that three of the most wanted men in America drank in here in 19th, 20th and 21st centuries: Butch Cassidy in the 1890s, Earl ‘Tarzan of the Rockies’ Durand in the 1930s and Tracy Province in 2010
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Argentina: Soledad Pastora Qutipa, a renowned potter, outside her house in the Calchaquí Valley in northern Argentina Photograph: Kevin Rushby

Argentina: Ernesto and his horse in the Santa Rosa community Photograph: Kevin Rushby

Montana, US: Steer-roping at the Crow Nation Fair, one of the most popular Native American pow-wows, held annually in the third week of August on land next to the site of Little Big Horn battle Photograph: Kevin Rushby

South Dakota, US: Evans Flammond Sr, a Sioux artist, at his home on the Pineridge reservation. Evans’ brilliant use of colour and traditional motifs have established him as one of the leading lights in a new generation of Native American artists Photograph: Kevin Rushby

South Africa: Kalk Bay, near Cape Town, is now a popular alternative beach resort, full of great cafes, bakeries and bars Photograph: Kevin Rushby

South Africa: school students at a beach hut in Muizenberg. Once in decline, the town has now recovered, partly because of its fame as a surfing spot Photograph: Kevin Rushby