Nature, 2nd prize
Mike Goldwater
Network Photographers
Network Photographers
01 January, 1998
A family who had put their furniture on bricks to keep it dry, remove the bricks as the floodwaters drop. Monsoon floods in Bangladesh left hundreds dead and forced over 20 million people out of their homes. As the waters began to recede the country had to cope with the aftermath of hunger and water-borne disease.
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