Photo of the Day

a man sitting atop an elephant in Myanmar

Early Riser

A worker at a logging camp in Myanmar’s Bago region, where elephants have been used by loggers for centuries, sits atop his 11-year-old animal, which has been strung with solar-powered lights. Laborers in these camps have no electricity, so they use solar lanterns before sunrise...

Photograph by Rubén Salgado Escudero