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A man prepares dead bodies to be carried by an ambulance to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital morgue during a joint search and rescue operation to recover victims of the mudslide at Manje informal settlement on the slopes of Soche Hill in Blantyre, Malawi, on March 17, 2023, during Cyclone Freddy. (Amos Gumulira/AFP)

Photojournalism: The price of bearing witness

Photographers bring the plight of the voiceless into focus, helping them get aid — often at great personal cost

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
BLANTYRE, MALAWI – JANUARY 18: An aerial view of landslide and damage caused by flash floods from Severe Tropical Cyclone Freddy, an exceptionally long-lived, powerful, and deadly tropical cyclone that traversed the southern Indian Ocean for more than five weeks in February and March 2023 hitting the Southern regions of Malawi, on January 18, 2024 in Blantyre, Malawi. (Photo by Contigo/Getty Images)

Climate crisis pushes Malawi food farmers into starvation

The devastation of Cyclone Freddy, which Storm Ana and Cyclone Gombe, is being exacerbated by the drought brought on by El Niño

  • Eyaaz
3 min read