‘Every inch of tarmac was filled with worshippers’: Azim Khan Ronnie’s best phone picture

At a religious festival in Bangladesh, the photographer captured an extraordinary sight

From a highway in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka in Bangladesh, Azim Khan Ronnie surveyed his fellow worshippers. Ronnie, a Bangladeshi who now lives in France, had travelled back tohishome country toattend Bishwa Ijtema. The annual meeting of millions of Muslims from around the world isthe second largest Islamic congregationafter the hajj, in Mecca.

Every inch of tarmac and pavement was filledwith worshippers," Ronnie recalls. Thousands of Muslims gathered to pray, bringing buses andlorries to a grinding halt. Many passengers were praying; the drivers were, too. In thebackground we could see the colourful tents where the pilgrims sleep. Some of the buildings also act asshelters."