Bayelsa state, Nigeria. Mangrove trees that have been destroyed by gas flares from the facility of an oil company stand bare in the creeks. Community members have complained that since the gas flaring began, they have felt the intense heat of the gas and rumbling from the underground oil pipes and can’t sleep at night. They have had trouble breathing in the mornings and there is evidence of soot in their rainwater.

Photograph: Bindra/UNICEF