Photo of the Day 445

Flooded Street, Multan, Pakistan, 1981

Photograph by James L. Stanfield

Prone to flooding, the central Pakistani city of Multan comes to a virtual halt after a deluge, but a ubiquitous horse-drawn tonga taxi pushes on, past a less fortunate pedestrian.

(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Pakistan Under Pressure,” May 1981, National Geographic magazine)