A family sets out for higher ground after dismantling their home and loading the pieces onto a boat. Floodwaters swept into their village on the sandbars of the Padma in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila. With a number of char villages now underwater, at least a dozen families are seen moving to Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila for refuge every day. The photo was taken yesterday in Char Alaytuli. Photo: Azahar Uddin

Even as the approaching train gets dangerously close, a group of pedestrians are undeterred from crossing the rail tracks in Dhaka’s Malibagh area yesterday. Meanwhile, makeshift stalls and construction materials occupying both sides of the line add to risk of accidents on the busy section. Photo: Palash Khan