Huzzatul Mursalin wins COP21 Photographic Award

Huzzatul Mursalin, a Bangladeshi photographer, yesterday won the 2015 Photographic Award, organised by International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris.

The photography contest -- an official Paris Climate Conference (COP21) event -- was held at ICC Global Headquarters. It aimed at drawing attention to the global challenge of climate change.

Mursalin came first for his photo "An Unusual Funeral", a depiction of residents of Bangladeshi island Kutubdia paying their respects to dried earth and dead trees. Bipayan Bhar of India was placed second.