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Bangladesh: a present-day water world
Posted by National Public Radio: Jonathan Makiri on May 1st, 2011
National Public Radio: Photographer Jonas Bendiksen made three separate trips to Bangladesh last year to document the wet season and the ways that rising waters are altering Bangladeshi life. National Geographic's May issue shows the impact of flooding in a densely-populated, low-lying country barraged by seasonal monsoons and cyclones, and situated in the Ganges Delta "” the world's largest delta.
The photos portray an adaptability and resilience of the Bangladeshi people "” who don't seem to ask if there will be floods...
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Rare Rhino Makes Public Appearance
Posted by National Public Radio: Jonathan Makiri on March 2nd, 2011
National Public Radio: A motion-sensor image of a Javan rhino feeding in Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia.
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A motion-sensor image of a Javan rhino feeding in Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia.
A rare glimpse at one of the most endangered animals on the planet "” the Javan rhinoceros "” was recently captured on video at Ujung Kulon National Park, on the island of Java in Indonesia. The World Wildlife Fund and Indonesian park officials installed motion-sensor camera traps that recorded four of the estimated...
Picturing Pakistan’s Floods: A Photographer Looks Back
Posted by National Public Radio: Jonathan Makiri on February 19th, 2011
National Public Radio: 2010 was a year when catastrophic natural disasters felt in abundance and seemed to span the entire calendar year. With the media focused on the dire conditions these disasters caused, the devastating floods that swept across Pakistan, from July through mid-September, seemed to have garnered far less attention.
Photographer Daniel Berehulak was there for much of it, shooting in-depth, long-term coverage of a disaster that killed an estimated 1,700, affected more than 20 million and at one point...