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Photo of the Day
May 10, 2009

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Photo: Mbukushu mother and child crossing a river

Mbukushu Mother and Child, Botswana

Photograph by William Albert Allard

This Month in Photo of the Day: Images From National Geographic Books

A Mbukushu mother and child cross Botswana's Okavango River, whose seasonal floods bring life to a parched land.


From the National Geographic book Mothers and Children, 2009

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