Children Play on Ghoramara island

Children play on Ghoramara island. This island is reducing drastically due to sea level rise and the people living here will gradually be forced to move to other places.

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Unique identifier: GP01JO9

Type: Image

Shoot date: 30/03/2007

Locations: Asia, Ghoramara island, India, Indian Sundarbans, South Asia, West Bengal

Credit line: © Greenpeace

Size: 2560px × 1920px 509KB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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