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Susannah Savage is a journalist and photographer published in The Economist, The Washington Post and others.

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Missing sunsets like these. Bangladesh ❤️ . . . . #sun #sunset #sundarbans #asia #travel #travelphotography #journalism #reportage #photography #photo #insta #instadaily #picoftheday #colour #colourpop #everydayeverywhere #everydaybangladesh #everydayasia #ig_bangladesh #beautifulbangladesh #photographersofindia

A few weeks ago I went to the Sundarbans in Bangladesh. The Sundarbans are the world’s largest mangrove forest and home to the Bengal Tiger, yet hardly anyone outside of Bangladesh and India has heard of them. Climate change and rising sea levels mean the Sundarbans are at risk, as are the wildlife and the people who live there. This forest guard has spent his life in the Sundarbans. He says if he has to leave he has no idea where he would go or what he would do. . . . . . #travel #natgeo #natgeoyourshot #asia #photography #travelphotography #journalism #environment #vsco #vscocam #canon #canon80d #picoftheday #insta #instadaily #climatechange #people #places #colour #colourpop #composition #portraitphotography #bangladesh #india

This baby girl was born six months ago in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. I took this photo just a few hours after she was born. The woman holding the baby, who delivered her, is Khalunesia—one of the leading members of a group of Rohingya women called Shanti Mohila (Peace Women). They’re fighting for justice for crimes committed against the Rohingya people by the Myanmar army, taking their case all the way to the International Criminal Court—in the hope that babies like this one can grow up in a better world. @brennamaepro and I spent some time with the women of Shanti Mohila and made this podcast: https://giwps.georgetown.edu/seekingpeace/whywomen/ . . . . #podcast #listen #baby #rohingya #babygirl #refugees #everydayeverywhere #photography #onassignment #journalism #radio #capturestreets #fromstreetswithlove #streetphotography #capture #moment #travel #travelphotography #vsco #canon #instadaily #picoftheday #reportage #vscocam #canon80d #bangladesh #photographer #photooftheday

Two weeks ago I was back in the Rohingya Refugee camps researching, among other things, what life is like for the women and girls who live in them. One of the more light hearted things I always ask about is make up: young girls, in particular, decorate their faces with thanaka, a yellow paste made from the ground bark of a tree they have in Myanmar. This time I let them decorate my face a little bit. I didn’t look nearly so pretty though! . . . . . . #rohingya #bangladesh #myanmar #makeup #women #girls #refugee @bracworld @unhcr_bgd #vsco #canon80d #vscocam #canon #photography #travel #travelphotography #journalism #onassignment #picoftheday #everydayeverywhere #colour #pop #portraitphotography #moment #capture #lens #instadaily #streetphotography

These are some of the people I spoke to for my @bbc article on the unexpected effects of climate change. They live in a village called Failla Para, near Chakaria on the east coast of Bangladesh. Rising water levels, and increasing salinity in the water are having a harmful impact on their livelihoods and health. . *How climate change could be causing miscarriages in Bangladesh* | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45715550 . . . . . #bangladesh #asia #climatechange #photography #travelphotography #picoftheday #instadaily #bengal #colour #pop #journalism #everydayeverywhere #vscocam #vsco #travel #canon #canon80d #capture #moment

These workers were filling in a road in #Dhaka, which involved pouring gravel over a large smouldering fire and mixing it with tar—which they carried precariously in huge pots. Hours and hours in the smoke, spot and heat: the woman’s facial expression says it all. . . . . . . . . #blackandwhite #dhaka #bangladesh #aisa #photography #streetwork #bengali #everydayeverywhere #wearethestreet #streetlife_awaward #storyofthestreet #capturestreets #fromstreetswithlove #lensonstreets #streetselect #streetdreamsmag #life_is_street #streetweekly #streetphotography #capture #moment #travel #travelphotography #vsco #canon #instadaily #picoftheday #smoke

More from Durga Puja. The festival celebrates the Hindu goddess Durga, involving elaborate costumes and performances: a lot of dancing and singing. Candles are lit, so I’m told, as a sacrificial fire for the gods. It also, like all good celebrations, involves food—queuing for the food though seemed to involve a lot less merriment than the rest of the festival. #hanger . . . . #dhaka #bangladesh #photography #photoshoot #bengal #asia #india #everydayeverywhere #wearethestreet #streetlife_awaward #storyofthestreet #capturestreets #fromstreetswithlove #lensonstreets #streetselect #streetdreamsmag #life_is_street #streetweekly #streetphotography #capture #moment #travel #travelphotography #vsco #canon #instadaily #picoftheday #colour #pop

Bangladeshi Hindus wait patiently for the country’s most famous Hindu temple, Dhakeshwari Mandir, to open at the start of Durga Puja. Inside is the PM of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina; there to kick off the festivities. Dhaka, October 2018. . . . . #durgapuja #dhaka #hindu #bangladesh #dhakeshwaritemple #everydayeverywhere #wearethestreet #streetlife_awaward #storyofthestreet #capturestreets #fromstreetswithlove #lensonstreets #streetselect #streetdreamsmag #life_is_street #streetweekly #streetphotography #capture #moment #travel #travelphotography #vsco #canon #instadaily #picoftheday #colour #pop #photography #women #portrait

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Explore the world’s largest mangrove forest | National Geographic February 13, 2019
Seeking Peace: Stories of Women and War | Episode 1 January 31, 2019
How abuse and women making more money are linked — and what can be done | The Lily (The Washington Post) January 30, 2019
How climate change could be causing miscarriages in Bangladesh | BBC December 28, 2018
How language problems bedevil the response to crises | THE ECONOMIST November 15, 2018

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