<p>Photo of the Day debuted on April 21, 2001, with this photograph of a Pygmy family setting out for a fishing trip in a flooded forest in the Congo. Celebrate ten years of daily National Geographic photos with this anniversary gallery featuring one picture from each year chosen by our editors.</p> <p><i>Photograph from the October 2000 feature story "Megatransect." </i></p>

Congo Family, Republic of the Congo

Photo of the Day debuted on April 21, 2001, with this photograph of a Pygmy family setting out for a fishing trip in a flooded forest in the Congo. Celebrate ten years of daily National Geographic photos with this anniversary gallery featuring one picture from each year chosen by our editors.

Photograph from the October 2000 feature story "Megatransect."

Photograph by Michael Nichols, National Geographic

Ten Years of Photo of the Day

See ten years of Photo of the Day pictures in this photo gallery from National Geographic.

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