Desert Water

A woman with an umbrella wades through a water-logged street in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Salim Reza/新华通讯社 (Xīnhuá News Agency).

Overground and Underground

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Dhaka City Corporation sewer cleaner at work. Despite a rise in the number of deaths of manhole workers, cleaners regularly go into the sewers without any protective equipment. Photo: Zakir Chowdhury/Barcroft Images.

The Lives of Others

Seven-year-old Mim stands next to her older sister, Naima, as they wait at a train station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on the eve of Eid al-Adha. Mim and her mother had travelled to the capital city to pick up Naima, who helps the family by working in the garment industry, and were waiting for a train to return to their village to celebrate the holiday. Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images.