India’s ‘sinking island’ looks to election for survival – in pictures

For many on Ghoramara, the general election is about the climate crisis and survival. The island, 150km south of Kolkata and named the sinking island' by the media, has lost nearly half its area to soil erosion in the past two decades and could disappear if a solution is not found.

As voters across India cast their ballots on issues ranging from the cost of living to jobs and religion, politicians trying to win votes in Ghoramara need to put the climate crisis to the fore as the island's dwindling population fight to save their homes from the sea amid rising water levels and increasingly fierce storms