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Fishermen unload the morning's catch at a small dock in the town of Chingrihata, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Grasses in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. In the background is the planned satellite city of Salt Lake City.
A man stirs a leather incinerator against a backdrop of electrical towers and the setting sun, near the town of Bantala, in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Children walk atop a fence at a lake locally referred to as Kalighatpur, near Science City in Kolkata, India. A shantytown lines the banks of the lake.
Unidentified large-leaved plant (sp.)(Elephant ear?) along a canal in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
An idyllic, pastoral scene with a large tree, fishing hut, and boat on a foggy morning, East Kolkata wetlands near Chingrihata, Kolkata, India.
A crow lands on top of a fishing hut on a foggy morning in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
A woman laughs as she rides on a tricycle transporting spinach in the East Kolkata Wetlands near Dhapa, Kolkata, India.
A backhoe excavates soil in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. The purpose of the work could not be established.
Primitive furnaces in the East Kolkata Wetlands near Bantala burn scrap leather from handbag factories, Kolkata, India. The furnaces belch out thick smoke day in and day out, contributing to Kolkata's poor air quality.
Farmers transporting cauliflower on old three-wheel motorcycles pass in front of the Dhapa Dumping Grounds, the primary landfill for Kolkata, India.
Unidentified large-leaved plant (sp.)(Elephant ear?) along a canal in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Children walk through a facility that burns scrap leather, near Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.