Image of Asia: Taking the train home before Eid al-Fitr

The Associated Press

In this photo by A.M. Ahad, Bangladeshi Muslims try to climb onto the roof of an overcrowded train as they head to their homes ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands of people working in the country's capital plan to leave for their hometowns to celebrate the holiday with their families. The markets and malls in the capital are busy with vendors selling traditional foods and delicacies and customers buying new outfits for the celebrations.