Sacks full of plastic materials await recycling at a yard in Showari Ghat in Old Dhaka. While recycling helps get rid of some plastic from the environment, the yard being in the middle of a residential area causes many locals to suffer. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Palash Khan

Hazera Khatun, 78, mother of BNP leader Sajedul Islam Sumon, who has been missing since 2013, grabs the hand of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, not in frame, and burst into tears. Fakhrul was about to get on stage at an event of Mayer Daak, a platform of the families of the forcibly disappeared, in front of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban yesterday. Photo: Prabir Das

Hawkers move their shops on three-wheelers between two sets of rail lines for the train to pass at Jurain Level Crossing. After the train passes they move back on the rail lines. The photo of this blatant disregard for their safety and that of their customers was taken recently. Photo: Palash Khan

Rice mill workers in Rajshahi’s Paba upazila rush to gather dried paddy with shovels as rain clouds loom overhead. The paddy is then covered with polythene sheets until the sun reappears. Workers said frequent rainfall has severely disrupted the boiling and drying process, which normally takes two to three days but has remained incomplete even after 13 days. The photo was taken in Nowhata area yesterday. Photo: Azahar Uddin