Photojournalist Ron Haviv traveled to Bhola in southern Bangladesh to document the challenges of food insecurity, rapid climate change and poverty which make malnutrition so pervasive on this densely-populated island. In the Starved for Attention film, “Terrifying Normalcy,” Haviv captures the resignation with which Bhola’s malnourished mothers and children accept a chronically meager food supply.

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Photo: Bangladesh 2009 © Ron Haviv/VII