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Houses affected by coastal erosion and storms a few meters away from the sea.

Photo of properties destroyed by the sea right at the shoreline, which is increasingly dangerous to communities living there.

Photo of residents destroyed by the sea, guarded by sand and wooden fence bags.

Photo of housing destroyed by the sea due to tidal waves and rising sea levels, which exacerbate extreme weather events and coastal erosion.

Photo of Tettey Atoh, a man whose home was wrecked by the sea.

A view of the sea from a wrecked house along the shoreline of Accra, where coastal erosion and tidal waves slowly eat away at human settlements.

An aerial view of the Chokor and Korle Gorno communities near the sea in Accra, increasingly threatened by the rising sea level, coastal erosion, and storms, which forces people to abandon their homes and move away.

An aerial view of wrecked houses in the Chokor and Dansoman Korle Gorno community.

A photo of fishermen mending their nets after their morning trip to the sea.

Canoes of the local fishing community anchored at the shore, waiting to go out to sea again.

Portrait of Mary Annor, a traditional local leader living along the coastline whose property was destroyed by the sea.

A boy walking out of the sea holding a basket after fishing.

Mary Lamptey standing in her house, which was wrecked by the sea.

A woman sitting in front of her house in the coastal Korle Gorno community, which is affected by sea level rise and has seen many people move away or be displaced.

A point where the Korle-Gorno lagoon joins the sea. This serves as a border between the Dansoman and Chokor communities in the Municipality in Accra.

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