1999 Photo Contest, Nature, 2nd prize
Photographer

Mike Goldwater

Network Photographers

01 January, 1998

A father and son draw fresh water from one of the few pumps not submerged by the floods. 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.

About the photographer

Mike Goldwater

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