Diesel, dust and despair

A farmer filling his tractor with diesel at a gas station in Rajshahi, in a country where 83% of the irrigation pumps use diesel. — Fabeha Monir/The New York Times

FOR three days, he waited at the gas station in a crush of hundreds of villagers, as the temperature rose to 40°C. People tried to cut the line and fights broke out, drawing police officers wielding batons.

This, Dulal Hossain endured for the chance to buy diesel fuel.