Predicting the Present

Dhaka Floods

A child sits with his father at a relief camp for flood victims in Kamrangir Char, a suburb of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, August 5, 2004. United Nations agencies were meeting with foreign donors and government officials in Dhaka on Wednesday to assess the flood damage and relief and rehabilitation needs, in preparation for an aid appeal that the U.N. intends to launch next week. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)