Destination: Bangladesh

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On the Move: ‘Climate Migrants’ in Bangladesh

World Hum contributor Joanna Kakissis reports for The World on the growing numbers of Bangladeshis displaced by a changing landscape. The story’s also available as an audio file. Here’s a sample:

[T]he farmers of Kalikabari are on the leading edge of what could be a great wave of migration. Studies estimate that the effects of climate change could force 30 million Bangladeshis from their homes by the middle of this century. Many environmental migrants are already showing up here—in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka.


Photo We Love: Dhaka’s Street Kids in Close-Up

Photo We Love: Dhaka’s Street Kids in Close-Up Photo by Joanna Kakissis
Photo by Joanna Kakissis

Street kids crowd around the camera in Dhaka, Bangladesh.


From Scenic River to a Stream of ‘Black Gel’

From Scenic River to a Stream of ‘Black Gel’ Photo by Silver Surfer via Flickr (Creative Commons)
Photo by Silver Surfer via Flickr (Creative Commons)

The great master of riverine prose, Norman Maclean, was haunted by the crystalline waters of Montana’s Blackfoot River. But the residents of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, are haunted by the stench of the Buriganga, a river so polluted by human and industrial waste that it’s turned into a dead stream of “black gel,” Reuters reports.

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Eight Photos to Inspire Wanderlust

Eight Photos to Inspire Wanderlust REUTERS

Indulge your armchair traveler. We've gathered eight wanderlust-inspiring travel photos from around the world.

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Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh REUTERS/Andrew Biraj

Workers carry bricks in a brick field on the outskirt of Dhaka on Tuesday. About 45 workers are employed at the brick factory and most work 12 hours a day. The daily wage is 120 taka ($1.70) for men and 100 taka ($1.40) for women.

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Dhaka, Bangladesh

dhaka REUTERS/Andrew Biraj

Posters of candidates are seen on a street in Dhaka December 19, 2008. Bangladesh troops on Thursday deployed across the country ahead of this month's general election.

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Kelsey Timmerman: Travels With His Underwear

Kelsey Timmerman: Travels With His Underwear Photo by Kelsey Timmerman.

He talks to Michael Yessis about his quest to find the people who made his clothes

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