After a day of grazing in the surrounding desert, a herd of sheep and goats follow their owner to his home on the edge of Timbuktu. Founded by Tuareg herders, Timbuktu still counts the livestock trade among its primary sources of income.
The connection between a Dinka man and his cow is profound; it is part of his personal identity.
Lone zebra at dusk in Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa
In Walvis Bay, Namibia, a pelican would never fail in catching a fish … when thrown from a boat.
Thousands of white-eared kob race in the shadow of a Wildlife Conservation Society survey plane in a park east of Bor. The seasonal migration of animals in southern Sudan is a spectacle to rival the flow of animals across Tanzania’s Serengeti Plain.
Posting the National Geographic Photo of the Day here. I do not claim any ownership of these photos.
