"Cambodia, not a national emergency" (by Erika Pineros)

Surrounded by water, families seek refuge for their cattle on higher grounds.

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:34:53 +0000

Surrounded by water, families seek refuge for their cattle on higher grounds.
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Being the only dry land in the village, cows occupy what is left of the road. In the background, the local school is flooded by the overflowing river.

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:37:20 +0000

Being the only dry land in the village, cows occupy what is left of the road. In the background, the local school is flooded by the overflowing river.
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Men work together to put up a shelter for their cows near the school.

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:37:52 +0000

Men work together to put up a shelter for their cows near the school.
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Having lost her home, a woman has set up a shelter, which serves her as home and business in the cluttered road where the market has been placed.

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:38:49 +0000

Having lost her home, a woman has set up a shelter, which serves her as home and business in the cluttered road where the market has been placed.
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At Boeung Psout, the school has become home to more than a dozen families, while its grounds are cluttered by cattle.

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:39:52 +0000

At Boeung Psout, the school has become home to more than a dozen families, while its grounds are cluttered by cattle.
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Families and cattle have settled on the pagoda’s grounds. Surrounded by water and with constant rains, the grounds have become a pool of mud and cow excrement.

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:40:22 +0000

Families and cattle have settled on the pagoda’s grounds. Surrounded by water and with constant rains, the grounds have become a pool of mud and cow excrement.
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A family looks out the window from their flooded home. They are isolated by 5km boat trip to the nearest road.

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:40:55 +0000

A family looks out the window from their flooded home. They are isolated by 5km boat trip to the nearest road.
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Surrounded by water, this pagoda’s grounds have become refuge to families, as well as to hundreds of heads of cattle.

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:41:46 +0000

Surrounded by water, this pagoda’s grounds have become refuge to families, as well as to hundreds of heads of cattle.
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Surrounded by water, this pagoda’s grounds have become refuge to families, as well as to hundreds of heads of cattle.

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:42:05 +0000

Surrounded by water, this pagoda’s grounds have become refuge to families, as well as to hundreds of heads of cattle.
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The local hospital even though flooded, still functions providing basic treatment to whoever can reach it and afford it.

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:42:31 +0000

The local hospital even though flooded, still functions providing basic treatment to whoever can reach it and afford it.
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Families have been forced to set up temporary shelters by the side of the road.

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:42:57 +0000

Families have been forced to set up temporary shelters by the side of the road.
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Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:16:35 +0000

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