World Environment Day: Places Under Threat- Photos

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 A girl sits on a log next to the roots of a tree, which have been exposed as a result of high-tides, near the village of Teaoraereke on South Tarawa.

A man walks past debris of a damaged house caused by sea erosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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 Indonesians wade through a flooded area in Jakarta, Indonesia, after seasonal rains and high tides have caused widespread flooding across much of the country.
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 A warning stop sign is submerged in a flooded road in Egham, England, UK.
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 Men paddle canoes filled with sand through water hyacinth floating on the Lagos Lagoon. Rapidly growing megacities in Africa and Asia face the highest risks from rising sea levels, floods and other climate change impacts.
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 A view of a lake filled with glacial melt water, near Chopicalqui montain in Huascaran National Park in Huaraz, Peru.
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 Dead fish, due to depletion of oxygen and the fluctuation of water temperature, float on the waters of Nageen Lake in Srinagar, India.
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Huge waves attack buildings on the bank as typhoon Fitow approached the city in Wenling, Zhejiang province, China.
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A man waits for a boat on a destroyed river bank in Coyuca de Benitez, state of Guerrero in Mexico.
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While beaches in Key Biscayne, Florida, USA are wide open now, many officials fear that in years to come, rising sea levels may destroy the open area.
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 Villagers on the island of Abaiang, in the Pacific Ocean, have relocated their village, Tebunginako, because of rising seas and erosion. They stand where their village used to be.