What is the daily life of pirates?

Veronique de Viguerie, a photographer of World Photo News Agency, tracked and photographed the daily life of a group of Somali pirates, truly showing the day of modern pirates.

Abdul Hassan is carrying a rocket on his shoulder, and his partner is sitting in the boat behind him. The pirate group they belong to is called "Central Coast Guard", which was established in 2005. At present, the group has 350 pirates and more than 65,438+000 speedboats.

Hassan has a nickname in this pirate group: "People who never sleep".

As night falls, the pirates go home with the fruits harvested during the day.

Hobbia Beach Store. This shop provides drinking water, food and cigarettes for pirates. Whenever pirates need it, they will call the shopkeeper, and then the shopkeeper will drive with supplies to the pirates. The price that shopkeepers sell to pirates is twice the ordinary market price.

Due to the unstable security situation in Somalia, all foreign tourists who go there are forced to pay high salaries to hire militants as "bodyguards" to escort vehicles and personnel from attacks by unknown militants. The picture shows photographer Veronique de Viguerie employing 15 armed men.

Galkayo is located in central Somalia, close to Hobio and Podland, and also close to Ethiopia. Despite its strategic location, the city is very poor, with high unemployment and rampant violence. Pirates enjoy a high social status, and use the stolen money to build big houses and do business for themselves. Now they have become representatives of many Galkayo people's dreams of success.