In this aerial photograph taken on September 26, 2021, farmers wade in an inundated field past vegetables growing on seed beds, made of stack layers of water hyacinth and bamboo tied together by their roots to create a raft, in Mugarjhor some 200 kilometres (120 miles) south of Dhaka. Rising sea levels and violent flooding are already putting tens of millions of lives at risk in Bangladesh, but they bring another problem that threatens the entire nation: Water-logged land and high salinity in streams and soil are killing crops. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)
People walk past a cyclone shelter in the coastal village of Gabura, in Satkhira district, Bangladesh on October 6, 2021. The effects of global warming, particularly increased cyclones, coastal and tidal flooding that bring saltwater further inland, are devastating Bangladesh and destroying the livelihoods of millions, said Mohammad Shamsuddoha, chief executive of the Center for Participatory Research Development, a non-profit. He said that projections show that around 30 million people may be displaced from the country’s coastal regions. “It’s a grave concern for a country like Bangladesh”, he said. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)
In this aerial photograph taken on September 26, 2021, a farmer standing in an inundated field checks on vegetables growing on seed beds, made of stack layers of water hyacinth and bamboo tied together by their roots to create a raft, in Mugarjhor some 200 kilometres (120 miles) south of Dhaka. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)
Villagers collect bricks from their house that was destroyed by natural disasters at Pratap Nagar in Satkhira, Bangladesh on October 5, 2021. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)
A girl walks home from school after waiting for low tide when the road is visible in Pratap Nagar, in Shyamnagar region of Satkhira district, Bangladesh on October 5, 2021. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)
A man bathes as a woman performs chores outside her inundated house in Pratap Nagar, in Shyamnagar area, Satkhira, Bangladesh on October 5, 2021. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)
A villager collects drinking water from a water desalination plants in Bonbibi Tala in Satkhira, Bangladesh on October 5, 2021. Salinity in soil has increased by 26% over the past 35 years, and continues to do so every year. Officials working in the Shyamnagar region admit that paucity of funds was preventing the government from building new desalination plants that would convert saltwater to fresh water. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)
Villagers wade through waist-deep waters to reach their homes in Pratap Nagar that lies in the Shyamnagar region, in Satkhira, Bangladesh on October 5, 2021. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)
Women walk homewards carrying drinking water in Bonbibi Tala in Satkhira, Bangladesh on October 5, 2021. Each woman walks up to four kilometer (2.4 miles) daily. Salinity in soil has increased by 26% over the past 35 years, and continues to do so every year in this region. Officials working in the Shyamnagar region admit that paucity of funds was preventing the government from building new desalination plants that would convert saltwater to fresh water. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)
Villagers make a dam with mud in plastic bags to protect their only road in Pratap Nagar, that lies in the Shyamnagar region, in Satkhira, Bangladesh on October 5, 2021. In 1973, 0.833 million hectares were affected by the encroaching seawater, accelerated by more frequent cyclones and higher tides, that has contaminated water supplies. That’s bigger than the U.S. state of Delaware. That increased to 1.02 million hectares in 2000, and to 1.056 million hectares in 2009, according to Bangladesh’s Soil Resources Development Institute. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)
Friday Muslim Jummah Prayer Service has returned to normality at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at Dhaka, Bangladesh on October 22, 2021. Around 10,000-15,000 people attended the Mosque for their weekly prayers. Some of the worshippers wore masks but apart from that, the service appeared to be back to a pre-pandemic routine. (Photo by Mustasinur Rahman Alvi/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
Workers in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, hang fresh fish on bamboo frames to dry in the sun on October 24, 2021. The 300-acre site is the largest dry fish plant in the country and employs 5,000 people laying out millions of fish. (Photo by Azim Khan Ronnie/Solent News)
Burning candles illuminate graves as a Bangladeshi man observes a contemplative moment on All Souls’ Day at the Dhaka Christian Cemetery at Wari in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 02 November 2021. People on All Saints Day and All Souls Day pay respect to deceased relatives and loved ones by placing flowers on their tombs or maintaining their graves and lighting candles. (Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA/EFE)
Supporters of independent candidate Shamim Hossain campaign during a local government election rally in Srinagar, Munshiganj district, Bangladesh, Friday, November 5, 2021. Bangladesh is holding a series of local elections to choose representatives at the village level amid a boycott by the country’s largest opposition party in a country where the recent national vote was grossly disputed. Analysts say it’s an opportunity for the ruling Awami League party of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to consolidate its position ahead of the next general elections slated for 2023, despite allegations of vote rigging and manipulation that marred the previous vote in 2014 and 2018. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)
Election campaign posters hang on a street in Srinagar, Munshiganj district, Bangladesh, Friday, November 5, 2021. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)
Independent candidate Nahida Akhter Munni, front right, distributes a leaflet to a voter during an election campaign for the local government election in Srinagar, Munshiganj district, Bangladesh, Friday, November 5, 2021. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)
Supporters of independent candidate Haji Mohammad Wahab Dewan chant slogans during a local government election rally in Srinagar, Munshiganj district, Bangladesh, Friday, November 5, 2021. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)
Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple with oil lamps, praying to Lokenath Brahmachari, a Hindu saint, as they observe Rakher Upabash, in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, November 6, 2021. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)
Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple with oil lamps, praying to Lokenath Brahmachari, a Hindu saint, as they observe Rakher Upabash, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 9, 2021. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)
