Damith Osuranga Danthanarayana’s Human Disaster Damith Osuranga Danthanarayana
Featuring shots of elephants reduced to eating garbage in Sri Lanka and of plastic pollution in Vietnam, the shortlist for the annual Earth Photo competition has been announced.
The contest aims to draw attention to the extensive challenges facing our planet. Nearly 2000 images were submitted to this year’s competition, with 31 photographers and more than 100 images making the shortlist, six of which are shown here.
Damith Osuranga Danthanarayana’s powerful image, above, taken in Ampara, Sri Lanka, shows elephants forced to eat garbage due to the lack of effective…
