Gallery 2026

Photo © Simon Heather

Photo of the year

Shipbreaking on the mudflats, Bay of Bengal
by George Steinmetz


An old LNG carrier in the final stage of disassembly for scrap metal on the mudflats of the Bay of Bengal. Breaking a ship like this takes about a year, with a crew of 60 men using blowtorches and winches to drag the larger pieces ashore for cutting into smaller pieces.

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