Images by Abir Abdullah (Lightstalkers) http://www.lightstalkers.org/abir_abdullah Abir Abdullah born in 1971. Started photography career in 1996 at Drik Picture Library, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Currently working in the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) as Bangladesh correspondent. Photographs published in Blink, Time, Newsweek, Der Speigel, New Internationalist, Guardian, International Herald Tribune, Asiaweek, Elmundo, Stern, Geo etc. Won Mother jones award for the documentary project War Veterans of Bangladesh in 2001. Main interest of photography are social issues, environmental issues, political issues etc en-us Family members carry a rooftop of their house to a dryer place as water entered most of the houses and left thousands homeless. Sariakandi, Bogra. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/612720/IMG_0054_small.jpg' /><br />Family members carry a rooftop of their house to a dryer place as water entered most of the houses and left thousands homeless. Sariakandi, Bogra.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612720'>Family members carry a rooftop of their house to a dryer place as water entered most of the houses and left thousands homeless. Sariakandi, Bogra.</a> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:26:28 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612720 Rubia (40) sits on a banana raft inside her house which is waist deep by flood water. Her husband is a farmer and they have three children. They came to this house five years ago after lost their own land. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/612738/_MG_2340_small.jpg' /><br />Rubia (40) sits on a banana raft inside her house which is waist deep by flood water. Her husband is a farmer and they have three children. They came to this house five years ago after lost their own land.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612738'>Rubia (40) sits on a banana raft inside her house which is waist deep by flood water. Her husband is a farmer and they have three children. They came to this house five years ago after lost their own land.</a> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:26:28 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612738 Abu Bakkor (62) washes himself sitting on his bed before attending a prayer inside his house submerged by flood water. Dakatpara, Sariakandi. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/612735/_MG_4315_small.jpg' /><br />Abu Bakkor (62) washes himself sitting on his bed before attending a prayer inside his house submerged by flood water. Dakatpara, Sariakandi.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612735'>Abu Bakkor (62) washes himself sitting on his bed before attending a prayer inside his house submerged by flood water. Dakatpara, Sariakandi.</a> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:26:25 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612735 Sahera Khatun (55) with her belongings in the floor of a school class room. She came her a week ago when flood water damaged her straw made house. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/612732/_MG_6970_small.jpg' /><br />Sahera Khatun (55) with her belongings in the floor of a school class room. She came her a week ago when flood water damaged her straw made house.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612732'>Sahera Khatun (55) with her belongings in the floor of a school class room. She came her a week ago when flood water damaged her straw made house.</a> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:26:22 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612732 Sahera (40) inside her flood affected house. She lives here for three years before that used to live near the river bank and river took away that land. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/612729/_MG_6796_small.jpg' /><br />Sahera (40) inside her flood affected house. She lives here for three years before that used to live near the river bank and river took away that land.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612729'>Sahera (40) inside her flood affected house. She lives here for three years before that used to live near the river bank and river took away that land.</a> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:26:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612729 Mafuja (30) cooks food in the open sky in a shelter camp in the evening. She came here with her family after lost their straw made house. Most of the people are poor and live hand to mouth. Chilmari, Kurigram. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/612726/_MG_6202_small.jpg' /><br />Mafuja (30) cooks food in the open sky in a shelter camp in the evening. She came here with her family after lost their straw made house. Most of the people are poor and live hand to mouth. Chilmari, Kurigram.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612726'>Mafuja (30) cooks food in the open sky in a shelter camp in the evening. She came here with her family after lost their straw made house. Most of the people are poor and live hand to mouth. Chilmari, Kurigram.</a> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:26:14 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612726 Anna (26), who has already moved her house once, cooks on a banana-tree raft outside her kitchen. Sariakandi, Bogra. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/612684/_MG_3354_small.jpg' /><br />Anna (26), who has already moved her house once, cooks on a banana-tree raft outside her kitchen. Sariakandi, Bogra.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612684'>Anna (26), who has already moved her house once, cooks on a banana-tree raft outside her kitchen. Sariakandi, Bogra.</a> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:26:06 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612684 A flooded house in the Sariakandi region, Bogra. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/612690/_MG_3690_small.jpg' /><br />A flooded house in the Sariakandi region, Bogra.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612690'>A flooded house in the Sariakandi region, Bogra.</a> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:26:06 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612690 Rasheda Begum (32) in her house in Antarpara, near Bogra. She moved to Antarpara with her family two years ago, when their land on an embankment collapsed. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/612696/_MG_4223_small.jpg' /><br />Rasheda Begum (32) in her house in Antarpara, near Bogra. She moved to Antarpara with her family two years ago, when their land on an embankment collapsed. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612696'>Rasheda Begum (32) in her house in Antarpara, near Bogra. She moved to Antarpara with her family two years ago, when their land on an embankment collapsed. </a> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:26:06 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612696 Shephali and his brother inside their temporary shelter made by polythene beside a road after lost their house due to the flooding. Chilmari, Kurigram. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/612699/_MG_5887_small.jpg' /><br />Shephali and his brother inside their temporary shelter made by polythene beside a road after lost their house due to the flooding. Chilmari, Kurigram. <br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612699'>Shephali and his brother inside their temporary shelter made by polythene beside a road after lost their house due to the flooding. Chilmari, Kurigram. </a> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:26:06 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/612699