These sculptures, made using a combination of metal, wood, and paper, depict the many tragedies and atrocities that took place during the July uprising last year. Some show the police brutality that protesters endured, while others depict victims being carried away by those around them. The installation was created by artists from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dhaka University and was displayed recently opposite their department. Photo: Rashed Shumon

A man arranges freshly cut sugarcane in rows, preparing it for sale. Wholesale traders collect the stalks from the fields, bundle them, and keep them ready for the market. Depending on size and quality, each hundred stalks of sugarcane sells for Tk 1,500–6,000. The photo was taken recently at Boro Bazar market in Khulna city. Photo: Habibur Rahman

Two women, one of whom is carrying a baby, are forced to leap over the central divider of the Dhaka-Chattogram highway after an intercity bus dropped them off on the express lane, where stopping is strictly prohibited. The photo was taken yesterday in front of the Institute of Child and Mother Health in Dhaka’s Matuail. Photo: Amran Hossain