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Bangladesh 

Ian Berry 

Magnum photographer Ian Berry has returned to Bangladesh with CAFOD to photograph a country struggling against the effects of climate change.

Bangladesh is no stranger to flooding, but when Typhoon Aila struck the country’s south coast in May, it killed hundreds, displaced over 400’000, destroying homes, crops, livestock and washed away the levees that offered meagre protection from coastal surges.
The rising and ever increasing floods have taken their toll on the land, increasingly salinating pastures and turning the country from an exporter of rice to an importer.
With food stocks dwindling, sea levels rising and with one of the highest population densities on Earth, Bangladesh is increasingly facing an ecological and humanitarian disaster. 

Ian Berry 2009

Bangladesh. Barisal. Near Banaripara. River Padma. Hospital... 

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Bangladesh. Barisal. Near Banaripara. River Padma. Hospital... 

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Bangladesh. Barisal. Near Banaripara. River Padma. Hospital... 

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Bangladesh. Barisal. Near Banaripara. River Padma. Hospital... 

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Bangladesh. Banaripara. A woman arrives by ferry in the early... 

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Bangladesh. Barisal. Near Banaripara. River Padma. Hospital... 

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Bangladesh. Barisal. Near Banaripara. River Padma. Hospital... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Banaripara. River Padma. 2009 

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Bangladesh. Barisal. Nr Pirojpur. Logs being loaded onto ships... 

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Bangladesh. Barisal. Pirojpur. Logs being loaded onto ships.... 

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Bangladesh. Barisal. Pirjpur. Logs being attached to smal... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Mongla. Man takes his cow to feed on levees... 

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Bangladesh. Barisal. Near Banaripara. River Padma. Hospital... 

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Bangladesh. Barisal. Near Banaripara. River Padma. Hospital... 

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Bangladesh. Shrimp fishing has replaced rice growing because... 

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Bangladesh. Bagarhat. Kanainagar. Fishermen prepare their... 

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Bangladesh. Near Mongla. A small girl pushes a large water... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Mongla. Woman farmer struggles against increasing... 

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Bangladesh. Bagarhat. Kanainagar. Fisherman's family at home.... 

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Bangladesh. Bagerhat. Nr Mongla. Fisherman with his cages.... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Satkhira. Shrimp fishing has replaced rice growing... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Satkhira. Shrimp fishing has replaced rice growing... 

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Bangladesh. Chuknagar. Fisherman shows off a paltry catch amongst... 

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Bangladesh. Chuknagar. A woman comes to buy small fish from... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Satkhira. Shrimp farms cover the landscape.... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Mongla. A fisherman brings a small catch to... 

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Bangladesh. The country suffers from an excess of logging both... 

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Bangladesh. Bagarhat. Nr Mongla. A man carries a heavy log... 

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Bangladesh. Assasun. A ruined house stands in the flood plains.... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Assasun. People living in makeshift shelters... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Satkhira. Shrimp fishing has replaced rice growing... 

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Bangladesh. Bagarhat. Nr Mongla. Logs frequently transported... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Mongla. A rice field stands next to a shrimp... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Mongla. Ex farmers building a new levee to create... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Mongla. Ex farmers building a new levee to create... 

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Bangladesh. Bagarhat. Nr Mongla. A man nervously hand carries... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Chuknagar. Solitary fisherman in his pirogue.... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Assasun. Villagers living without any aid in... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Assasun. Children playing on top of the levee... 

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Bangladesh. Shyamnagar. Since typhoon Aila swept away the levees... 

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Bangladesh. Near Mongla. Fishermen with an old wooden boat... 

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Bangladesh. Near Mongla. A man gathers a shrimp basket from... 

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Bangladesh. Near Mongla. A man wades ashore from the lake. 

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Bangladesh. Near Mongla. A woman wades through the flood waters.... 

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Bangladesh. Near Mongla. Village women in a variety of red... 

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Bangladesh. Near Mongla. A family walks along the levee between... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Satkhira. Only access to shrimp farms is accross... 

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Bangladesh. Shyamnagar. Since typhoon Aila swept away the levees... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Sankdaha. Fishermen hauling in their nets. Shrimp... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Sankdaha. Shrimp fishermen hauling in their... 

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Bangladesh. Shyamnagar. Women work in relays carrying mud to... 

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Bangladesh. Shyamnagar. Women carry mud to the top of the levee... 

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Bangladesh. Nr Satkhira. Men seek shelter from their umbrellas... 

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Bangladesh. Shyamnagar. Women take a break from rebuilding... 

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Bangladesh. Shyamnagar. Since typhoon Aila swept away the levees... 

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Bangladesh. Shyamnagar. Women carry mud to thr top of the levee... 

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Bangladesh. Barisal. Near Banaripara. River Padma. Hospital... 

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Bangladesh. Barisal. Near Banaripara. River Padma. Hospital... 

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Bangladesh. Barisal. Near Banaripara. River Padma. Hospital... 

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BANGLADESH. Barisal. Near Banaripara. River Padma. 2009. Hospital... 
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