Photo of the Day

two parents and three children all riding one bicycle on a farm in rural China
June 9, 2020

Family Commute

When this photo was published in the March 1980 issue, this Chinese family was working on a state-owned farm in the far western regions of China. The goal of these programs was to grow the Chinese population along the border with the Soviet Union.
Photograph by Bruce Dale, Nat Geo Image Collection

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