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A kingfisher's catch, seed potatoes and fierce heat: Bangladesh in pictures

Farmers in the fields despite the heat, seed potatoes out of cold storage for early planting, kingfishers and cormorants on the hunt: Bangladesh on 29 September in 19 photographs.

29 September was a sweltering day. Farmers were out in the fields under the sun, women guarded crops, and seed potatoes came out of cold storage for early planting. On rivers and ponds, kingfishers, egrets and cormorants were busy hunting.

From Rangamati to Faridpur and from Sylhet to Khulna, a day across Bangladesh through the cameras of Prothom Alo's photographers.

1 / 19A wasp settles on a jujube flower. Bodipur, Rangamati (Photo: Supriyo Chakma)
2 / 19The glow of the setting sun on the river. Dhangara, Sirajganj (Photo: Sajedul Alam)
3 / 19A barber who has cut hair and beards in the shade of a banyan for years. Dwipchar, Pabna, 28 September (Photo: Hasan Mahmud)
4 / 19A kingfisher takes off with a fish in its beak. Balarampur, Pabna (Photo: Hasan Mahmud)
5 / 19Farmers walk along the ridge of a paddy field. Kazi Nuruil, Bogura (Photo: Soel Rana)
6 / 19Pupils under umbrellas on the way to school in the hot sun. Kazi Nuruil, Bogura (Photo: Soel Rana)
7 / 19A woman parboils paddy in a large pot over a fire in her yard. Ishwarpur, Rangpur (Photo: Moinul Islam)
8 / 19An egret perches on a fishing net. Rajabari, Sreepur, Gazipur (Photo: Sadiq Mridha)
9 / 19A worker quenches his thirst in the heat. Ghat 5, Khulna (Photo: Saddam Hossain)
10 / 19Bathing in the Surma to escape the heat. Chandnighat, Sylhet (Photo: Anis Mahmud)
11 / 19Ornamental trees on a highway median cut down to make room for a vegetable plot. East Kismat Jafrabad, Mirsharai, Chattogram (Photo: Iqbal Hossain)
12 / 19Workers sort seed potatoes taken out of cold storage for early planting. Shyampur, Rangpur (Photo: Moinul Islam)
13 / 19Two cormorants wait for prey on bamboo poles in a pond. Tongpru Para, Bandarban (Photo: Mong Hai Sing Marma)
14 / 19A woman guards a field from the shade of an umbrella in the hot sun. Dakshinbhag, Bogura (Photo: Soel Rana)
15 / 19Cockscomb flowers blooming on a climbing vine. Kraikhyong Para, Bandarban (Photo: Mong Hai Sing Marma)
16 / 19A balloon seller who walks from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. Bandarbazar, Sylhet (Photo: Anis Mahmud)
17 / 19Clay pots unloaded from a pickup into a shop. Surma Market, Sylhet (Photo: Anis Mahmud)
18 / 19A farming couple cross the river by boat with grass cut on a Padma char. Dikrirchar, Faridpur (Photo: Alimuzzaman)
19 / 19Pink hibiscus glowing in the sun. Ali Amjad Government Girls High School, Moulvibazar (Photo: Akmal Hossain)

Photos: Prothom Alo

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