Volunteers Aim to Stop Ransoming of Drowned Bodies—Tencent “Living” Channel
Feng Haiyong
In Fuyang, Anhui province, Feng Haiyong photographed volunteers trying to combat a widespread practice of retrieving dead bodies from rivers and ransoming the human remains to mourning families. The volunteers’ goal? To reunite the dead with their loved ones, free of charge. Feng’s images can be hard to look at, but within his essay are some glimpses of hope: photographs of the same volunteers learning the skills to save people from drowning.
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In Fuyang, Anhui province, Feng Haiyong photographed volunteers trying to combat a widespread practice of retrieving dead bodies from rivers and ransoming the human remains to mourning families. The volunteers’ goal? To reunite the dead with their loved ones, free of charge. Feng’s images can be hard to look at, but within his essay are some glimpses of hope: photographs of the same volunteers learning the skills to save people from drowning.