http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/5711 Portraits of the Survivors http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/6915/headshot_Abir_Abdullah_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/192723/sidr08_small.jpg' /><br />Child takes shelter with his mother before the cyclone hit. Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192723'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192723 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192723 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/192723/sidr08_small.jpg' /><br />Child takes shelter with his mother before the cyclone hit. Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192723'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199488/sidr-28_small.jpg' /><br />Bangladeshi people who lived beside the sea move towards safe shelter before the storm SIDR hits at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh 15 November 2007. The SIDR has crossed the coastal areas causing strong wind, drizzing and high wave in the seas. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199488'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199488 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:17 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199488 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199488/sidr-28_small.jpg' /><br />Bangladeshi people who lived beside the sea move towards safe shelter before the storm SIDR hits at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh 15 November 2007. The SIDR has crossed the coastal areas causing strong wind, drizzing and high wave in the seas. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199488'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199491/sidr-29_small.jpg' /><br />Girl moves towards the shelter along with their goat hours before the cyclone hit. Cox's Bazar. Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199491'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199491 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199491 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199491/sidr-29_small.jpg' /><br />Girl moves towards the shelter along with their goat hours before the cyclone hit. Cox's Bazar. Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199491'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199485/sidr-27_small.jpg' /><br />Bangladeshi people who lived beside the sea move towards safe shelter before the storm SIDR hits at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh 15 November 2007. The SIDR has crossed the coastal areas causing strong wind, drizzing and high wave in the seas. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199485'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199485 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199485 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199485/sidr-27_small.jpg' /><br />Bangladeshi people who lived beside the sea move towards safe shelter before the storm SIDR hits at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh 15 November 2007. The SIDR has crossed the coastal areas causing strong wind, drizzing and high wave in the seas. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199485'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/191640/sidr07_small.jpg' /><br />Abdus Salam (40) is being comforted by a woman as he lost his two sons and mother in law. Nishanbaria, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/191640'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/191640 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/191640 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/191640/sidr07_small.jpg' /><br />Abdus Salam (40) is being comforted by a woman as he lost his two sons and mother in law. Nishanbaria, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/191640'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/192873/sidr-11_small.jpg' /><br />'We never thought to be homeless as we now.... Majeda sitting in front of her damaged house. Kalapara, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192873'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192873 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192873 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/192873/sidr-11_small.jpg' /><br />'We never thought to be homeless as we now.... Majeda sitting in front of her damaged house. Kalapara, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192873'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199509/sidr-35_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi woman mourns sitting in front of her damaged house as she lost her son and daughter while the waters raised 20 feet high and washed away everything at Padma, Patharghata, Bangladesh 20 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199509'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199509 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199509 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199509/sidr-35_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi woman mourns sitting in front of her damaged house as she lost her son and daughter while the waters raised 20 feet high and washed away everything at Padma, Patharghata, Bangladesh 20 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199509'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199506/sidr-34_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi woman got injured in the head as a flying corrugated tin hit during the cyclone sidr hit at Kalapara, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 19 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199506'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199506 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199506 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199506/sidr-34_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi woman got injured in the head as a flying corrugated tin hit during the cyclone sidr hit at Kalapara, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 19 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199506'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199512/sidr-36_small.jpg' /><br />Bangladeshi family members mourn as their relatives are still missing as they went for fishing in the Bay of Bengal on the 14 November the day before cyclone hit at Padma, Patharghata, Bangladesh 22 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199512'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199512 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199512 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199512/sidr-36_small.jpg' /><br />Bangladeshi family members mourn as their relatives are still missing as they went for fishing in the Bay of Bengal on the 14 November the day before cyclone hit at Padma, Patharghata, Bangladesh 22 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199512'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/192882/sidr-14_small.jpg' /><br />Sephali Begum and her son inside their temporary house made with fishing net. Padma, Patharghata.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192882'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192882 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192882 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/192882/sidr-14_small.jpg' /><br />Sephali Begum and her son inside their temporary house made with fishing net. Padma, Patharghata.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192882'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/194823/sidr-21_small.jpg' /><br />Two Bangladeshi boys carry television and a radio to a shelter center as they lost their house after the cyclone hit at Kalapara, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 19 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194823'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194823 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194823 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/194823/sidr-21_small.jpg' /><br />Two Bangladeshi boys carry television and a radio to a shelter center as they lost their house after the cyclone hit at Kalapara, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 19 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194823'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199503/sidr-33_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi woman tries to start her cooking oven in her damaged home ground on the fourth day after the cyclone hit at Kalapara, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 19 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199503'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199503 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199503 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199503/sidr-33_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi woman tries to start her cooking oven in her damaged home ground on the fourth day after the cyclone hit at Kalapara, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 19 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199503'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199497/sidr-31_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi cyclone affected family members rebuild their house on the third day after the sidr hit a large part of the coastal areas in the southern part of the country, Kalapara, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 18 November 2007. At least 2000 dead bodies have been recovered while thousands still missing and millions of striken people suffering lack of food and shelter. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199497'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199497 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199497 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199497/sidr-31_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi cyclone affected family members rebuild their house on the third day after the sidr hit a large part of the coastal areas in the southern part of the country, Kalapara, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 18 November 2007. At least 2000 dead bodies have been recovered while thousands still missing and millions of striken people suffering lack of food and shelter. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199497'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199500/sidr-32_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi cyclone affected woman looks from their damaged house as the house washed away by the cyclone sidr hit a large part of the coastal areas in the southern part of the country, Kalapara, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 18 November 2007. At least 2000 dead bodies have been recovered while thousands still missing and millions of striken people suffering lack of food and shelter. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199500'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199500 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199500 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199500/sidr-32_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi cyclone affected woman looks from their damaged house as the house washed away by the cyclone sidr hit a large part of the coastal areas in the southern part of the country, Kalapara, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 18 November 2007. At least 2000 dead bodies have been recovered while thousands still missing and millions of striken people suffering lack of food and shelter. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199500'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/192879/sidr-13_small.jpg' /><br />Mithu, one of the cyclone survivors. Kalapara, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192879'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192879 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192879 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/192879/sidr-13_small.jpg' /><br />Mithu, one of the cyclone survivors. Kalapara, Bangladesh.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192879'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199494/sidr30_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi cyclone affected woman cleans rice bags in the open sky as their house washed away by the cyclone sidr hit a large part of the coastal areas in the southern part of the country, Kalapara, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 18 November 2007. At least 2000 dead bodies have been recovered while thousands still missing and millions of striken people suffering lack of food and shelter. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199494'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199494 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199494 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/199494/sidr30_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi cyclone affected woman cleans rice bags in the open sky as their house washed away by the cyclone sidr hit a large part of the coastal areas in the southern part of the country, Kalapara, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 18 November 2007. At least 2000 dead bodies have been recovered while thousands still missing and millions of striken people suffering lack of food and shelter. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/199494'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/192900/sidr-16_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi cyclone affected fisherman sleeps inside the boat on the fifth day after the cyclone hit at Char Duani, Patharghata, Bangladesh on 21 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192900'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192900 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192900 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/192900/sidr-16_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi cyclone affected fisherman sleeps inside the boat on the fifth day after the cyclone hit at Char Duani, Patharghata, Bangladesh on 21 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/192900'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/194799/sidr-17_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi boy collects parts of a broken tree in a coastal area as thousands of big trees have been uprooted by the devastating cyclone at Bhola, Bangladesh 17 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194799'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194799 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194799 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/194799/sidr-17_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi boy collects parts of a broken tree in a coastal area as thousands of big trees have been uprooted by the devastating cyclone at Bhola, Bangladesh 17 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194799'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/194817/sidr-19_small.jpg' /><br />A damaged sewing machine after the cyclone hit, Amtali, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 19 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194817'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194817 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194817 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/194817/sidr-19_small.jpg' /><br />A damaged sewing machine after the cyclone hit, Amtali, Patuakhali, Bangladesh 19 November 2007. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194817'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/194829/sidr-24_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi girl walks past a fishing boat which was drifted to the embankment after the cyclone hit at Char Duani, Patharghata.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194829'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194829 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:18:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194829 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/194829/sidr-24_small.jpg' /><br />A Bangladeshi girl walks past a fishing boat which was drifted to the embankment after the cyclone hit at Char Duani, Patharghata.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/194829'>view full-size image</a> Abir Abdullah