Engulfed by water

Displacing people

The World Bank estimates one in every seven Bangladeshis could be displaced by climate-related disasters by 2050.

For Kosim Uddin, 50, a father of seven, moving has become routine. "In my life, the river has taken my home 30 or 35 times — maybe more," he said.

"Every time we rebuild, the river comes again," Uddin said, his eyes fixed on the water. "But where can we go? The whole world is water now."

Women carry much of the burden of the constant displacement. Shahina Begum, 30, a mother of two, recalled standing in waist-deep water as she cooked for her family during floods last year. "We moved six times in 10 years," she said. "Every time we start again, the river takes it back."