A worker piles up discarded truck tyres for recycling in Dhaka on February 8, 2023. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





A woman poses in front of an artwork – “Reetu” by artist Bishwajit Goswami, during Dhaka Art Summit at National Art Gallery in Dhaka, Bangladesh on February 12, 2023. Written in Bengali across the face, the word – “Reetu”, meaning “seasons”, is also a commonly used first name for Bengali girls, culturally and symbolically related to the name “Bonna” (Flood) which is the theme of Dhaka Art Summit. Bangladesh is known as “ground zero for climate change” and faces additional stress as nearly 75% of Bangladesh sits below sea level and faces annual floods. Bangladesh has six seasons (and some would argue “had” as climate change has made two seasons difficult to recognize anymore) each harkening to a particular mood, feelings, and cultural practices. Human life can also be measured in seasons. Goswami connects these personal stories of land, nature, and seasons with words, pigment, and touch. Fragments of memory enable a sensorial, intimate exchange of feelings and words to take place with the artist, and within the self, manifesting in moving drawings connecting our inner and outer worlds. (Photo by Joy Saha/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Flower vendors arranges roses for sale ahead of Spring Festival and Valentine's Day, in Dhaka, Bangladesh 13 February 2023. The Bashanta Utshab, or Spring Festival, is a local traditional festival which marks the beginning of the Spring Season while young people also celebrate it along with Valentine's Day. With both, the Spring Festival and Valentine’s Day, flower vendors are expecting massive sales, especially of roses. (Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA/EFE)





Dancers perform a traditional dance on the occasion of “Basanta Utsab'” or the Spring Festival, in Dhaka on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





People lay flower wreaths at the Bangladesh Central Language Martyrs' Memorial monument in homage to the martyrs of the 1952 Bengali language movement during International Mother Language Day in Dhaka on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Farmers put cauliflower out to sale at biggest wholesale vegetable market in Bogura, Bangladesh on February 22, 2023. Local farmers bring vegetables to this wholesale market where they are bought by traders who then sell the food on. Cauliflowers – which are sold for just 3 pence at this market – are difficult to grow as they are a delicate vegetable that needs good care. (Photo by Mustasinur Rahman Alvi/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A man covers his mouth and nose as he walks along an area surrounded by smoke and dust in Shampur, Dhaka, Bangladesh 23 February 2023. Dhaka continues to be ranked as one of the world's most polluted cities, with debris from construction, industrial pollution, vehicle emissions and brick kilns listed as major contributors to air pollution in the city. (Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA)





Workers gather together hundreds of colourful barrels used to transport fish near a wholesale market in Rangamati, Bangladesh on February 28, 2023. (Photo by Syed Mahabubul Kader/Solent News & Photo Agency)





Rohingya refugees try to salvage their belongings after a major fire in their Balukhali camp at Ukhiya in Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 5, 2023. A massive fire raced through a crammed camp of Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh on Sunday, leaving thousands homeless, a fire official and the United Nations said. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)





A man welds a cylinder for construction purpose in Chittagong on March 7, 2023. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)





Firefighters inspect the site of an explosion at Siddique Bazar area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 07 March 2023. Sixteen people died and scores were injured, according to the Dhaka Fire service and Police authority. The reason behind the explosion is yet to be determined. (Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Fire officials and locals carry an injured person to hospital after an explosion, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. An explosion in a seven-story commercial building in Bangladesh's capital has killed at least 14 people and injured dozens. Officials say the explosion occurred in a busy commercial area of Dhaka. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Onlookers gather outside the site of an explosion, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (Photo by AP Photo/Stringer)





Fire officials carry a body of a victim after an explosion, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (Photo by Abdul Goni/AP Photo)





Fire officials carry a body of a victim after an explosion in a commercial building, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (Photo by Abdul Goni/AP Photo)





Relatives of the victims mourn after an explosion in a multistorey building that killed several people in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 7, 2023. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





People spread abir (powdered colour) celebrating Dol Purnima festival at Dhakeshwari national temple in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 07 March 2023. (Photo by Sony Ramany/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





A girl smiles during the celebration of Holi at the Art Department of the University of Dhaka in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 8, 2023. (Photo by Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)





People spread abir (powdered colour) celebrating Dol Purnima festival at Dhakeshwari national temple in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 07 March 2023. (Photo by Sony Ramany/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





A cycle rickshaw puller pedals with a passenger in the old quarters of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 13, 2023. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)