Final Embrace

Final Embrace is a photograph showing two victims in the rubble of the 2013 [Savar building collapse|April 2013 collapse] of the eight storey Rana Plaza building in Savar Upazila, Bangladesh. The photograph, taken by freelance photographer Taslima Akhter, was awarded third prize in the World [Press Photo] in the "spot news category". It was also selected among Time magazine's "Top 10 Photos of 2013".
Akhter is a member of Nari Sanghati, and a member of leftist political group Gana Sanghati Andolon. She works as a teacher at Pathshala, a school of photography in Dhaka.