Achia Begum, a resident of Gazipur, was seen waiting for transport for over two hours in the hot afternoon sun on a footpath on Mirpur Road near Shyamoli in the capital yesterday. She came to the National Institute of Kidney as she needs two dialysis a week. Photo: Rashed Shumon

Nazifa Tasnim Janita (6), dressed in her school uniform, looks on from her balcony, waiting for the day she can meet her friends and teachers at Mollika Kindergarten and High School again. She has been doing so for the last few days, feeling restless from being stuck home due to the shutdown to prevent transmission of coronavirus, her father said. The photo was taken from Barishal city’s Branch Road yesterday. Photo: Titu Das

Policemen stop motorists in front of New Market in the capital yesterday and ask them why they had left home despite the risks of contracting and spreading coronavirus. Photo: Palash Khan

Children, mostly homeless ones, running towards a vehicle carrying relief materials for those in need in front of Kamalapur Railway Station in the capital yesterday. Photo: SK Enamul Haq

Volunteers spraying sanitising liquid on a motorcycle to combat the spread of coronavirus in the capital’s Moghbazar yesterday afternoon. Photo: Amran Hossain

A resident of the White House estate, a private condominium of 226 dwellings, collects food offered by neighbours from his balcony, using a rope made with blankets, in Marseille, southern France, yesterday. Photo: AFP