Photo Of The Day

What's the story with this lad? It's a really potent image and he looks so vulnerable, but at the same time he's doesn't look too malnourished, and his mum could be just out of shot (I hope it's the latter).

Absurd comment. He is clearly very malnourished and very small for his age (a baby/infant would not be able to sleep in that position) and his head to body size ratio indicates that he is under grown.

I don't think the photographer was suggesting that he is motherless, either. More that his his/his family's circumstances mean that he is in a situation where he has ended up sleeping there.

All that said, I think that despite its somberness, it is equally a scene of beauty.

Wildebeest, Serengeti