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AFP presents a reportage of 40 photos by AFP photographer Gemma Bonfiglioli in Freetown, between January 25 and April 13, 2026. Along Freetown's penin...

A general view of "banking" constructions built into Aberdeen Creek in Freetown on April 15, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is accele...

Milicent Turay processes oysters by her home in Freetown on April 14, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is accelerating, from active def...

Milicent Turay processes oysters at her home in Freetown on April 14, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is accelerating, from active def...

Milicent Turay collects oysters at Number Two River amongst the mangroves in Freetwon on April 13, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is...

Milicent Turay collects oysters at Number Two River amongst the mangroves in Freetwon on April 13, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is...

A general view of oysters on the roots of mangroves at Number Two River in Freetown on April 13, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is ac...

Milicent Turay walks between mangroves with oysters to her home in Freetown on April 13, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is accelerati...

Milicent Turay collects oysters at Number Two River amongst the mangroves in Freetown on April 13, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is...

This aerial view shows mangrove deforestation at the edge of the coast near Hamilton on April 12, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is a...

This aerial view shows mangrove deforestation at the edge of the coast near Hamilton on April 12, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is a...

This aerial view shows mangrove deforestation at the edge of the coast near Hamilton on April 12, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is a...

This aerial view shows mangroves recently reforested by the Freetown City Council in White Man's Bay, Freetown, on April 11, 2026. Along Freetown's pe...

Daniel Bob Jones, National Chairman of the Center for Disaster Management and Control, stands on top of land that was banked using sand bags built int...

This aerial view shows mangrove deforestation at the edge of the coast near Hamilton on April 12, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is a...

Daniel Bob Jones, National Chairman of the Center for Disaster Management and Control, stands on top of land that was banked using sand bags built int...

Community members from Kolleh Town and a part of Nature for Mangroves, in collaboration with Plan International, walk across the polluted bay in Kolle...

A general view of baby mangroves recently planted by the Freetown City Council in collaboration with Nature for Mangroves in White Man's Bay, Freetown...

This aerial view shows mangroves recently reforested by the Freetown City Council in White Man's Bay, Freetown, on April 11, 2026. Along Freetown's pe...

This aerial view shows mangroves recently reforested by the Freetown City Council in White Man's Bay, Freetown, on April 11, 2026. The restored mangro...

This aerial view shows "banking", a practice where people build into the sea using bags of sand, mud, and tires as urban expansion encroaches on coast...

Community members from Kolleh Town and a part of Nature for Mangroves, in collaboration with Plan International, walk across the polluted bay in Kolle...

Community members from Kolleh Town and a part of Nature for Mangroves, in collaboration with Plan International, install oyster racks on White Man's B...

A general view of destroyed mangroves by Hamilton Beach on January 25, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is accelerating, from active de...

A general view of destroyed mangroves by Hamilton Beach on January 25, 2026. Along Freetown's peninsula, mangrove loss is accelerating, from active de...

Community members from Kolleh Town and a part of Nature for Mangroves, in collaboration with Plan International, struggle to walk through the polluted...