Story of the Week #754: TUESDAY September 22, 2020: ‘SLOWLY SINKING SUNDARBANS

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zReportage.com Story of the Week #754: TUESDAY September 22, 2020: ‘SLOWLY SINKING SUNDARBANS’ from ZUMA Award Winning Photographer Supratim Bhattacharjee who covers long term projects in South East Asia: The sea is steadily eating into the Sundarbans, the world’s largest delta and mangrove forest, threatening an ecological disaster for the Bengal basin region, home to over 235 million people. The roughly 6,000 square mile forest delta stretches across the lower reaches of the Bengal basin, 60% falling in Bangladesh and the rest in the Indian state of West Bengal. Due to climate change the Sundarbans faces several challenges. With rising sea levels, islands are disappearing and the increasing salinity in the water and soil has severely threatened the health of mangrove forests and the quality of soil and crops. Mangroves provide a slew of benefits in addition to storing carbon, reducing flooding and erosion from storms, acting as nurseries for fish, and filtering pollutants from water. Thousands of villages along the coastal habitat are losing their natural defenses against climate change just as it intensifies. The World Bank suggests that by 2050, more than 13 million Bangladeshis including most of those on the margins of the Sundarbans might migrate because of climate related crises. The forecast in West Bengal is similarly alarming. Welcome to: ‘SLOWLY SINKING SUNDARBANS’

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Posted by ZUMAPRESS.com on September 21, 2020
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Top court photographer, MARK HERTZBERG, on assignment for ZUMA Wire Service, was pool photographer today for first day of a tragic trial in Racine, WI of an armed robbery of a restaurant gone terribly wrong. An off duty officer was dining and tried to peacefully stop it. Instead, he was shot and killed. ZUMA is very fortunately to have an unparalleled court expert photographer in Mark Hertzberg. Mark, as usual, professionally brought back a aubergiste coverage of a very emotional first day of the Ward homicide trial; man accused of killing Racine Police Officer John Hetland.”

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Aftermath of the Almeda video by Video Credit © Chris Tuite

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September 17, 2020, Talent, Oregon, United States: A general view of the Talent Mobile Estates #81 which were sprayed with fire retardent during the Almeda Fire. The town of Talent, Oregon, showing the burned out homes, cars and rubble left behind. In Talent, about 20 miles north of the California border, homes were charred beyond recognition. Across the western US, at least 87 wildfires are burning, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. They’ve torched more than 4.7 million acres — more than six times the area of Rhode Island.

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

ZUMA’s Dave Barak Featured on TheSun.com August 5th, 2020

Posted by ZUMAPRESS.com on September 21, 2020
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August 1, 2020, La Mesa, California, USA: A participant (left, with US flag) at a Black Lives Matter protest in La Mesa, California defends himself as a counter-protester (right, in black vest), a member of the loosely-organized ‘Defend East County’ group, rushes in after the protester stomped on the flag. There were several instances of one group or the other trying to incite violence.

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

ZUMA’s Dave Barak Featured on DasInvestment.com September 7th, 2020

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September 6, 2020, Alpine, San Diego County, California, USA: A 747 cargo aircraft, converted to operate as an aerial firefighting tanker, drops a load of fire retardant over a section of the Valley Fire in eastern San Diego County. The retardant is dyed red so firefighters and spotter aircraft can determine what areas have had the retardant applied.

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Aftermath of Almeda Fire Video credit © Casey Flanigan/Imagespace via ZUMA Wire

Posted by ZUMAPRESS.com on September 18, 2020
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Sep. 17, 2020, Talent, Oregon: Video footage of the aftermath of the Almeda Fire. The town of Talent, Oregon, showing the burned out homes, cars and rbble left behind. In the city of Talent, about 20 miles north of the California border, homes were charred beyond recognition. Across the western US, at least 87 wildfires are burning, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. They’ve torched more than 4.7 million acres — more than six times the area of Rhode Island.

Video credit © Casey Flanigan/Imagespace via ZUMA Wire

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Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

Anti-Choke-hold Press Conference in New York Video credit © Brian Branch Price/ZUMA Wire

Posted by ZUMAPRESS.com on September 18, 2020
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September 14, 2020, New York, New York, USA: KING DOWNING, Attorney, announces an action to stop the New York City Public Safety Committed from amending the Anti-Choke-hold law during a press conference. Last June the council passed a law banning choke-holds by police.

Video credit © Brian Branch Price/ZUMA Wire

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Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press