Single Images of the year 2020

Nov 24, 2020

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A victim standing in front of his gutted house by the massive blaze. A fire broke out and destroyed around 200 shanties in Rupnagar slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 11, 2020.
Priest giving blessing in an empty church of Dhaka, Bangladesh in the Easter Sunday Mass on 12 April 2020 during broadcasting it on social media amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
A woman and her daughter stand in front of their broken house on June 3, 2020 in the aftermath of the extremely severe cyclonic storm Amphan. Thousands of shrimp enclosures have been washed away, while numerous thatched houses, trees, electricity and telephone poles, dykes, and croplands were damaged and many villages were submerged by the tidal surge of the Amphan in Hajotkhali village of Khulna District, Bangladesh.
Health workers collecting a swab sample from a child during the Covid-19 testing on July 2 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Dead bodies from launch capsize in the Buriganga River, Dhaka, Bangladesh on June 29, 2020. A passenger vessel (launch) got hit by another launch and sank in the Buriganga river near the Dhaka river port. The sunken vessel was carrying almost 100 passengers. Total 34 dead bodies have been found.
Laborers working at a shipyard near the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 2020/09/02. The shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh is spreading rapidly where workers of all ages work together. The working condition is not suitable for anyone as it is hot and often very dangerous, even workers do not use minimum safety guards and this often leads to accidents.
The residents of the slum beside the Tejgaon rail line riskily spending time on the rail line while a train is passing by. Dhaka, Bangladesh on September 15, 2020.
Muslims in Dhaka hit the effigy depicting the French president Emmanuel Macron in a protest on 30th October 2020 calling for the boycott of French products and denouncing Macron for his comments over Prophet Mohammed’s caricatures.

— Piyas Biswas —
Student of Diploma in Visual Journalism — The Asian Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University.

All Photographs © Piyas Biswas

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Piyas Biswas
Piyas Biswas

Written by Piyas Biswas

Piyas Biswas is an independent photographer with a special interest in Documentary Photography.

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