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Schoolchildren smiling and petting the trunk of a baby elephant in a national park in Kenya
November 20, 2020

Rescued Elephant

An elephant orphan greets schoolchildren visiting Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. At the park, elephants orphaned by poachers will spend years recovering until they can safely reintegrate into the wild.
Photograph by Michael Nichols, Nat Geo Image Collection

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