Loem Phanny (right) and Return Jreung (left) stand in a forest near their flooded village of Kbal Romeas, in Steung Treng Province, Cambodia. The village began to flood in 2017 when a new Chinese financed dam was built by the Cambodia government on the lower reaches of the Mekong River. Over 120 families were forced to relocate when a lake overtook the village with little to no warning.
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