Third Place
Brent Stirton
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"WATER IS PERSONAL"
KURIGRAM, BANGLADESH, 5 AUGUST 2008: Village men look out over flood waters where their village used to be, Kurigram, Northern Bangladesh. The lack of serious engineering works aimed at flood prevention in Bangladesh is behind the suffering of millions of impoverished rural people. Annual predicable floods bring misery to millions without any effective counter plan. This is despite significant offers for engineering help from the Dutch government.
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