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#10353904

10 August 2023

Pedestrians walk through flooded roads in Satkania Upazila of South Chittagong, Bangladesh in high level water. The life of the people of Satkania Upazila of Chittagong has been severely disrupted due to continuous rains for five consecutive days, hill slopes coming down from the upstream, the water level of Shanka river has increased. About 242 km southeast of Bangladesh's seaport city of Chittagong, low-lying areas were inundated and road traffic disrupted with the highest rainfall.

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#10353922

10 August 2023

Pedestrians walk through flooded roads in Satkania Upazila of South Chittagong, Bangladesh in high level water. The life of the people of Satkania Upazila of Chittagong has been severely disrupted due to continuous rains for five consecutive days, hill slopes coming down from the upstream, the water level of Shanka river has increased. About 242 km southeast of Bangladesh's seaport city of Chittagong, low-lying areas were inundated and road traffic disrupted with the highest rainfall.

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#8931360

1 October 2022

A worker drags a piece of batik cloth while laying it out to dry as make traditional Indonesian batik in Solo City, Central Java, Indonesia, October 2, 2022. An area in which almost every available space is used for batik production, with a high level of poverty. Solo is a city known for batik, a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings, usually on fabric. This textile has traditionally been crafted by hand in family workshops and small-scale cottage industries. UNESCO has designated Indonesian batik a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This picture taken on September 2021.

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#8931364

1 October 2022

A worker drags a piece of batik cloth while laying it out to dry as make traditional Indonesian batik in Solo City, Central Java, Indonesia, October 2, 2022. An area in which almost every available space is used for batik production, with a high level of poverty. Solo is a city known for batik, a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings, usually on fabric. This textile has traditionally been crafted by hand in family workshops and small-scale cottage industries. UNESCO has designated Indonesian batik a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This picture taken on September 2021.

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#8931370

1 October 2022

A worker drags a piece of batik cloth while laying it out to dry as make traditional Indonesian batik in Solo City, Central Java, Indonesia, October 2, 2022. An area in which almost every available space is used for batik production, with a high level of poverty. Solo is a city known for batik, a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings, usually on fabric. This textile has traditionally been crafted by hand in family workshops and small-scale cottage industries. UNESCO has designated Indonesian batik a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This picture taken on September 2021.

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#8931374

1 October 2022

A worker drags a piece of batik cloth while laying it out to dry as make traditional Indonesian batik in Solo City, Central Java, Indonesia, October 2, 2022. An area in which almost every available space is used for batik production, with a high level of poverty. Solo is a city known for batik, a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings, usually on fabric. This textile has traditionally been crafted by hand in family workshops and small-scale cottage industries. UNESCO has designated Indonesian batik a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This picture taken on September 2021.

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#8931380

1 October 2022

A worker drags a piece of batik cloth while laying it out to dry as make traditional Indonesian batik in Solo City, Central Java, Indonesia, October 2, 2022. An area in which almost every available space is used for batik production, with a high level of poverty. Solo is a city known for batik, a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings, usually on fabric. This textile has traditionally been crafted by hand in family workshops and small-scale cottage industries. UNESCO has designated Indonesian batik a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This picture taken on September 2021.

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#8931390

1 October 2022

A worker drags a piece of batik cloth while laying it out to dry as make traditional Indonesian batik in Solo City, Central Java, Indonesia, October 2, 2022. An area in which almost every available space is used for batik production, with a high level of poverty. Solo is a city known for batik, a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings, usually on fabric. This textile has traditionally been crafted by hand in family workshops and small-scale cottage industries. UNESCO has designated Indonesian batik a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. This picture taken on September 2021.

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#8746988

30 August 2022

A woman is laying on the sand enjoying the sun. On Hoek van Holland’s beach, on August 28th, 2022.

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#8194436

8 May 2022

A home surrounded by rising sea levels is seen at low-lying Jeruk Sari neighborhood in coastal Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, June 5, 2021. An area in which almost every available space is used for batik production, with a high level of poverty, vulnerable to both rising sea levels and high river peak flows. They hangs and washes at a polluted river for process traditional Javanese textile called Batik. Batik is a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings on fabric. At the heart of the problem is Pekalongan’s overreliance on groundwater, groundwater is also essential to the city’s thriving batik industry. The over-extraction of groundwater has caused the city to sink at a rate of between 10cm to 15cm per year.

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#8194468

8 May 2022

Homes surrounded by rising sea levels is seen at low-lying Jeruk Sari neighborhood in coastal Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, June 5, 2021. An area in which almost every available space is used for batik production, with a high level of poverty, vulnerable to both rising sea levels and high river peak flows. They hangs and washes at a polluted river for process traditional Javanese textile called Batik. Batik is a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings on fabric. At the heart of the problem is Pekalongan’s overreliance on groundwater, groundwater is also essential to the city’s thriving batik industry. The over-extraction of groundwater has caused the city to sink at a rate of between 10cm to 15cm per year.

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#8194526

8 May 2022

Workers sew batik clothing products traditional Javanese textile called batik at low-lying Jeruk Sari neighborhood in coastal Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, June 5, 2021. An area in which almost every available space is used for batik production, with a high level of poverty, vulnerable to both rising sea levels and high river peak flows. Pekalongan is a city known for batik, a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings, usually on fabric. This textile has traditionally been crafted by hand in family workshops and small-scale cottage industries. Today, young Pekalongan residents are increasingly confident that they can aspire to reputable work and a reasonable income without having to join the migration to Indonesia’s larger cities.

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#8194528

8 May 2022

A home surrounded by rising sea levels is seen at low-lying Jeruk Sari neighborhood in coastal Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, June 5, 2021. An area in which almost every available space is used for batik production, with a high level of poverty, vulnerable to both rising sea levels and high river peak flows. They hangs and washes at a polluted river for process traditional Javanese textile called Batik. Batik is a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings on fabric. At the heart of the problem is Pekalongan’s overreliance on groundwater, groundwater is also essential to the city’s thriving batik industry. The over-extraction of groundwater has caused the city to sink at a rate of between 10cm to 15cm per year.

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#8194556

8 May 2022

Workers sew batik clothing products traditional Javanese textile called batik at low-lying Jeruk Sari neighborhood in coastal Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, June 5, 2021. An area in which almost every available space is used for batik production, with a high level of poverty, vulnerable to both rising sea levels and high river peak flows. Pekalongan is a city known for batik, a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings, usually on fabric. This textile has traditionally been crafted by hand in family workshops and small-scale cottage industries. Today, young Pekalongan residents are increasingly confident that they can aspire to reputable work and a reasonable income without having to join the migration to Indonesia’s larger cities.

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#8194466

8 May 2022

A worker with bicycle leaves her home surrounded by rising sea levels at low-lying Jeruk Sari neighborhood in coastal Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, June 5, 2021. An area in which almost every available space is used for batik production, with a high level of poverty, vulnerable to both rising sea levels and high river peak flows. Pekalongan is a city known for batik, a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings, usually on fabric. This textile has traditionally been crafted by hand in family workshops and small-scale cottage industries. Today, young Pekalongan residents are increasingly confident that they can aspire to reputable work and a reasonable income without having to join the migration to Indonesia’s larger cities.

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#8194470

8 May 2022

Copper stamps are seen as they make traditional Javanese textile called batik at low-lying Jeruk Sari neighborhood in coastal Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, June 5, 2021. An area in which almost every available space is used for batik production, with a high level of poverty, vulnerable to both rising sea levels and high river peak flows. Pekalongan is a city known for batik, a traditional Indonesian method of using wax to resist water-based dyes to depict patterns and drawings, usually on fabric. This textile has traditionally been crafted by hand in family workshops and small-scale cottage industries. Today, young Pekalongan residents are increasingly confident that they can aspire to reputable work and a reasonable income without having to join the migration to Indonesia’s larger cities.

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