17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest People
Begging in a city of 20 million

The rough estimate is 40,000 beggers in Dhaka alone. The density in this chaotic and dynamic city is about 47k per square kilometer and remained the most densely populated city on earth, with an estimated population of 20M in 2019. Despite government effort to abolish begging, the practice remains widespread in the capital and other parts of Bangladesh.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2019
Photo Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Camera: NIKON D750
Copyright: © Zon Hisham Zainal Abidin