China, 1960+/-

Wikipedia says:

The Great Chinese Famine was a famine that occurred between 1959 and 1961 in the People's Republic of China. Some scholars have also included the years 1958 or 1962.

This photo has to do with the famine, and unless they were digging irrigation or creating terraces, it doesn't look much like farming, but it is from a YouTube video sharing evidence that China's population might be much lower than they claim.

Video should start about two images before this one (narratively in context).
As to the wheelbarrows, though, they have a large wheel and the tray is flat above that. Not as stable as a European wheelbarrow with the wheel smaller, and out front.

Other Chinese wheelbarrows: Chinese Wheelbarrows

Heavenly Wheelbarrow

Happy wheelbarrow in Mississippi

"Wheelbarrow in my friend's garden.... I saw it there and thought of you. Happy anniversary to you and Keith!"

—Lydia Koltai

Lydia sent that in 2016, and fb memories showed it to me again in 2025, our 41st anniversary.

I failed then to share the photo, but here is it.

Dirt-bike tire on a wheelbarrow

I don't know who sent this to me, or whether it just appeared spontaneously. It was showing on my phone when I woke up.

The last third of the video talks about the practicalities of fitting your own replacement wheel. I don't know what skills or tools it would take, but the results seem good (except it's only a side-dumper; not a big deal under the circumstances they show). The video demos of the old ratty wheelbarrow pre-bigwheel are fun.