Photos of the week

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Snail shells are being widely used for growing plants nowadays. Such flower pots are displayed at a stall in a plant fair on Khulna Circuit House compound on 22 July. Photo: Saddam Hossain
Snail shells are being widely used for growing plants nowadays. Such flower pots are displayed at a stall in a plant fair on Khulna Circuit House compound on 22 July. Photo: Saddam Hossain
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A man falls down in a ditch, dug by the main road in Motijheel area of Dhaka, on 23 July. Waterlogging after heavy rains turns such ditches very dangerous for the city dwellers but the authorities seem to care a little. Photo: Saiful Islam
A man falls down in a ditch, dug by the main road in Motijheel area of Dhaka, on 23 July. Waterlogging after heavy rains turns such ditches very dangerous for the city dwellers but the authorities seem to care a little. Photo: Saiful Islam
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Students demonstrate against attacks, filing cases and arrests of quota reform movement activists. Mother of one of the quota reform movement leaders, Rashed Khan, who is now in police custody, breaks down in tears for his release in front of Raju Memorial Sculpture, Dhaka University on 22 July. Photo: Saiful Islam
Students demonstrate against attacks, filing cases and arrests of quota reform movement activists. Mother of one of the quota reform movement leaders, Rashed Khan, who is now in police custody, breaks down in tears for his release in front of Raju Memorial Sculpture, Dhaka University on 22 July. Photo: Saiful Islam
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People try to pull a bus as it tilted dangerously after falling into a waterlogged ditch in Motijheel area of Dhaka on 23 July. Photo: Saiful Islam
People try to pull a bus as it tilted dangerously after falling into a waterlogged ditch in Motijheel area of Dhaka on 23 July. Photo: Saiful Islam
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Rainwater inundates the roads. A man leaves rickshaw for boat as he realises he would get wet if he continues with the rickshaw in Kazipara of Dhaka on 23 July. Photo: Dipu Malakar
Rainwater inundates the roads. A man leaves rickshaw for boat as he realises he would get wet if he continues with the rickshaw in Kazipara of Dhaka on 23 July. Photo: Dipu Malakar
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Two boys jump into river to get relief from scorching temperatures in Farshganj Ghat area, Dhaka on 20 July. Photo: Dipu Malakar
Two boys jump into river to get relief from scorching temperatures in Farshganj Ghat area, Dhaka on 20 July. Photo: Dipu Malakar