Workers sort used plastic bottles at a recycling factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 19, 2023. Employees help to prevent the bottles being discarded, sent to landfill, where they can take 1,000 years to biodegrade, or incinerated, which produces toxic fumes. As the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, is one of the most densely populated in the world and home to nearly 19 million people, Dhaka's annual per capita plastic consumption is more than three times the national average for urban areas and stands at 22.25 kg. About 646 tons of plastic waste is collected daily in Dhaka, which is 10 percent of all wastes generated in Bangladesh. Only 37.2 percent of the plastic waste in Dhaka is recycled. Floating plastic waste, which can survive for thousands of years in water, serves as mini transportation devices for invasive species, disrupting habitats. In addition, emission of CO2 and other greenhouse gases will be reduced if recycling takes place of the production of new plastics. Recycling of plastic bottles not only keeps tons of waste out of landfills but also conserves natural resources such as trees, metal ores, and sand. (Photo by Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Fruit being transported by boat to a floating market in Chattogram, Bangladesh in the last decade of July 2023. (Photo by Sabina Akter/Solent News)





The fishing season has started in full swing on July 28, 2023 after 65 days of fishing in the Bay of Bengal due to government ban. On this occasion, work engagement has increased among Patenga coastal fishermen of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Fishermen are coming and going for fishing in the sea with small and big boats made of plastic and wood. (Photo by Mohammed Shajahan/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists, ruling Awami League (AL) supporters and the police clash at Matuail area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 29 July, 2023. Opposition activists in Bangladesh clashed with police and the ruling party supporters in the capital city of Dhaka as they continued their agitation demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA)





Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists set a bus on fire as they block a highway in Dhaka on July 29, 2023, while they protest asking for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies have staged a series of protests since 2022 demanding Sheikh Hasina to step down and allow a caretaker government to oversee elections due January 2024. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





This is the world's heaviest jackfruit, weighing the same as the average 13 year old boy. According to the Guinness World Records, the world's heaviest jackfruit was from the Jackfruit Company located in Maharashtra, India, weighing 42.72 kilograms. But this one, which was bought for the equivalent of £6, is thought to have smashed this record, weighing in at 51.8 kilograms. These pictures were taken by professional photographer Abdul Momin from Bogra, Bangladesh, at a market in Mahisbathan, Bogra early August 2023. (Photo by Abdul Momin/Solent News)





Floating Guava Market in Barishal on August 8, 2023. Among some of the most fascinating things in the Southwestern region of Bangladesh is the beautiful Floating Guava Market of Swarupkathi of Pirojpur in Barishal Division. The guava was a culinary hit with the locality and its fame gradually spread across the country. Today guava is cultivated in five unions of Swarupkathi (presently known as Nesarabad) across 640 hectares of land. Every day, thousand of tons of guavas are supplied all across the country. Boats are the main transportation for supplying. Farmers carry the guavas onto the boats from the river-adjacent orchards. There are hundreds of boats filled with guava and all the trades occur on boats. The floating market appears as the centre of Barishal. (Photo by Mustasinur Rahman Alvi/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Brick Kiln Factories In Barishal on August 8, 2023. The Brick Kiln Workers in Bangladesh work very hard everyday from daylight until evening for their livelihood where the earnings is a small amount of about 7$ approx per day. (Photo by Mustasinur Rahman Alvi/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Vehicles move on the street during continuous rain in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 9, 2023. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





Pedestrians walk through flooded roads in Satkania Upazila of South Chittagong, Bangladesh on August 9, 2023 in chest and waist level water. The life of the people of Satkania Upazila of Chittagong has been severely disrupted due to continuous rains for five consecutive days, hill slopes coming down from the upstream, the water level of Shanka river has increased. About 242 km southeast of Bangladesh's seaport city of Chittagong, low-lying areas were inundated and road traffic disrupted with the highest rainfall. (Photo by Muhammad Amdad Hossain/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A child suffering from dengue is helped by a family member as she walks inside the dengue ward of Mugda Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)





Rohingya refugees gather for a rally marking the 6th anniversary of genocide day, in Ukhia on August 25, 2023. Thousands of Rohingya refugees on Friday rallied in Bangladesh camps to mark the sixth anniversary of “genocide day”, demanding their secured and dignified return to Myanmar. More than 7,00,000 Rohingya Muslims fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape military crackdown in August, 2017, which is now a subject to genocide investigation at the International Criminal Court. (Photo by Tanbir Miraj/AFP Photo)





Men ride on boats as it rains in Dhaka on August 29, 2023. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





A girl looks on as she takes shelter under a shed during a downpour in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 29, 2023. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





Harvesting water lilies in Dhaka, Bangladesh in the last decade of August 2023. (Photo by Mostafijur Rahman Nasim/Solent News & Photo Agency)





Hundreds of pieces of dyed cloth are spread out across a field at Batik Village in Narayanganj, Bangladesh on September 3, 2023 for drying which looks like a Kingdom of Colors. Workers use hats for protection from the scorching heat because they have to constantly turn the colorful fabrics so that they dry perfectly in the sunlight. Beautifully embellished colorful cloths are created using the Indonesian technique called “Batik”. Parts of the design are blocked out by applying hot wax over them, then a dye is applied on top and the parts covered in wax resist the dye and remain the original color. About 1,500 pieces of cloth are laid to dry here every day. The process usually takes two hours, with each set of 350 pieces at a time to dry in temperatures that can reach over 36 degrees Celsius. The colorful cloths which sell for less than $3 (3 USD) are arranged on patches of grass to dry out completely as it is cheaper and more sustainable to dry them out in sunlight. Once the fabrics are dried, they are made into garments and sold worldwide. (Photo by Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A child suffering from fever lies on a bed after getting hospitalised for treatment at Mugda Medical College and Hospital, as the yearly death toll from dengue has surpassed the previous record in the country, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on September 5, 2023. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





Hindu girls dressed as Radha and Lord Krishna during the Janmashtami festival, pose for a picture as the Hindu community celebrates the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna in Dhaka, Bangladesh on September 6, 2023. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





A traditional boat race was held at the Titas River in Brahmanbaria on September 7, 2023. Thousands of people of coastal area of the river enjoyed the race. The district administration in Brahmanbaria organized the program. A total of 14 boats from Brahmanbaria, Habiganj and Kishoreganj took part at the race. (Photo by Muhammad Amdad Hossain/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A traditional boat race was held at the Titas River in Brahmanbaria on September 7, 2023. (Photo by Muhammad Hossain/Solent News)