News Photo: Colombian boy stands in the water of a…
Title:

Swamp People
Caption: A Colombian boy stands in the water of a shallow channel in the mangrove swamps on the Pacific coast, Colombia, 12 June 2010. Deep in the impenetrable labyrinth of mangrove swamps on the Pacific seashore, hundreds of people struggle everyday, searching and gathering a tiny shellfish called piangua. Wading through sticky mud among the mangrove tree roots, facing the clouds of mosquitos, they pick up mussels hidden deep in mud, no matter of unbearable tropical heat or strong rain. Although the shellfish pickers, mostly Afro-Colombians displaced by the Colombian armed conflict, take a high risk (malaria, poisonous bites), their salary is very low and keeps them living in extreme poverty.
Date created: 11 Dec 2012
Editorial image #: 158365703
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Photographer:

Jan Sochor/Contributor
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Flickr Vision

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Copyright: © 2010 Jan Sochor
Keywords: Conflict, Horizontal, Outdoors, Colombia, Water, Shallow, Swamp, Child, Mangrove Tree, Boys. Find similar images
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Subject
Mangrove Tree
Outdoors
Shallow
Swamp
Water
People
Child
Boys
Location
Colombia
Concept
Conflict
Style
Horizontal
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