Disaster after disaster on the Mekong
From sea to source, the Mekong River stretches nearly 5,000 km through six countries. More than 60 million people depend on its waters for survival, and it is second only to the Amazon in its biodiversity. Photographers Gareth Bright and Luke Forsyth spent eighteen months travelling from the Mekong delta in Vietnam to its source on the Qinghai Tibet plateau – to document the importance of this great river for the people who live on its banks. They came back with harrowing accounts of the struggle people face living along the river.
