HOME AND ABROAD

Education on Fire
Munshiganj. Around 10 percent of over 35,000 textbooks meant for children were burnt after a truck carrying them came under a petrol bomb attack in Munshiganj on February 8.

Indefinite Shutdown
Rajshahi. A handloom silk factory at Laharpul village in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila is deserted as the owner of the factory suspended production as they could not send the woven fabric to different areas in the country due to the ongoing hartals.

Going Home
Peshawar, Pakistan: An Afghan refugee climbs onto a truck at the UNHCR repatriation centre as she prepares to return to Afghanistan after fleeing civil war and Taliban rule. 

Night Life
Baghdad, Iraq: An Iraqi coppersmith works at his shop in central Baghad's Safafir street after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered an end to a year-old nightly curfew to ease restrictions on daily life despite persistent violence.

Honouring the Saint of Beekeepers
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria: Believers pray around a cross-shaped platform covered with candles in jars of honey, marking the day of Saint Haralampi, patron saint of beekeepers.

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