HOME AND ABROAD
Women Power
Lalmonirhat. A woman from Fulgach village, Lalmonirhat, plants winter vegetables at the field beside her house. The area is witnessing an increasing number of women engaging in farming, a profession traditionally dominated by men.
Ode to Hillary
Dhaka. Mintu Dey shows his version of “Living History”, the autobiography of Hillary Clinton. The book is just one inch wide and an inch and a half long. Dey also wrote a 123-foot-long letter to Clinton on the occasion of her 67th birthday.
For a Free Palestine
Kafr Qaddum, Palestine. A Palestinian protester protects his face as he stands in front of burning tyres during a demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel, in the West Bank village of Kafr Qaddum.
Self-Admiration
Colombo, Sri Lanka. A purple-rumped sunbird pecks at its own image reflected off a window in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.
War-Torn
Damascus, Syria. A man stands on a rooftop as he tries to find a signal for his cell phone in the besieged rebel bastion of Douma, northeast of the Syrian capital Damascus.
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