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When the land sinks (World 2024, by Reto Albertalli) - Swiss Press Award

Basto Hara - Slum. Girl leaves her house located in water-logged part of the slum, due to heavy rainfalls.
Reto Albertalli
Basto Hara - Slum. Girl leaves her house located in water-logged part of the slum, due to heavy rainfalls.
Photo / World
2024

When the land sinks

Reto Albertalli

Contaminated drinking water in Bangladesh is one of the world's most serious health crises. 40 million people are exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water. Bangladesh is the most climate-vulnerable country in the world and is hit by climate-related hazards every year. This causes many people to leave their homes and flee to cities like Khulna, where they live in slums.

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When the land sinks

Schweizer Familie, Tages Anzeiger, Watson and more

Photo / World
2024

Reto Albertalli

Contaminated drinking water in Bangladesh is one of the world's most serious health crises. 40 million people are exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water. Bangladesh is the most climate-vulnerable country in the world and is hit by climate-related hazards every year. This causes many people to leave their homes and flee to cities like Khulna, where they live in slums.

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Reto Albertalli / Swiss Press Award

Reto Albertalli

Photographer, Bissone, 1979

Reto Albertalli is a Geneva and Ticino-based swiss photographer, internationally assigned for strong documentaries, portraits and campaigns in the fields of humanitarian, editorial, sports and corporate. Among his regular clients are UNICEF, adidas, The New York Times, and many more. "To catch the beauty, revealing from the determination of surpassing ourselves. From the resilience, driven by the relentless quest of the best possible, of an excellence".

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