The waterways of Bangladesh are home to nearly 800,000 "river gypsies" or bedey (as they are known locally) that navigate along Bangladesh's network of over 700 rivers and canals on their hand-constructed bamboo houseboats. This photo documentary depicts the lives of the families I met near Savar, Bangladesh.

According to the United Nations Development Programme, Bangladesh could lose 15 percent to 18 percent of its land area to rising sea levels due to global climate change, turning 30 million people into "environmental refugees" by 2050. Both blessing and curse, the extensive arteries of water that branch into the heart of Bangladesh are the lifeline to the agrarian and fishing lifestyles of an entire country. The way of life, and the entire country are in perilous threat of vanishing, and impact of recent cyclones and flooding on the landscape in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh can only begin to reveal the whole story.

Dozens of cowboys and cowgirls test their horseback skills through bull riding, roping, barrel racing and pole bending during the 63rd Annual Woodside Junior Rodeo on the Fourth of July. In a tradition first established by the Mounted Patrol of San Mateo County – a horseback patrol group trained in search, rescue and first aid – in 1942, the Woodside Junior Rodeo draws hundreds of participants and spectators to every year on the Fourth of July. Youth participants celebrate their Western Heritage by testing their knowledge and respect for their horses during a series of events organized by the Northern California Junior Rodeo Association. The term rodeo originally referred to the "roundup" of wild herds of cattle.