TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Mihaela RODINA and Ionut IORDACHESCU
A Gray egret sits on a snag in a channel leading to Sacalin island in the Danube Delta June 18, 2020. - Included on Unesco's World Heritage list, this natural paradise spread across 58,000 square kilometres hosts over 300 species of bird and 45 freshwater fish species. The village Sfante Gheorghe has lost around 1,500 people since the transition away from communism in the early 1990s and now numbers just some 500 souls. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)