Bangladeshi photographer Pinu Rahman wins grand prize at world's richest photography award
Verified: 5 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Bangladesh.
His winning photograph captures a family of five sleeping inside the remains of their Dhaka home after a fire destroyed around 1,500 dwellings in November 2025.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
2 outlets from Bangladesh, where the story is: bdnews24.com, The Business Standard · how we count
- Nov 11, 6:57 AM UTCFirst reportBangladeshi photographer wins HIPA Grand Prizebdnews24.com ↗
- Nov 12, 2:46 AM UTC+20 hBangladeshi photographer Pinu Rahman wins HIPA, world’s richest photography prizegulfnews.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 2:46 AM UTC · +20 h
- Nov 12, 6:19 AM UTC+23 hBangladeshi photographer wins $200,000 grand prize at Dubai's Hipa Awardsthenationalnews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 7:45 AM UTC+25 hWeston photographer wins British Photography Awards prizethewestonmercury.co.uk ↗
- Nov 12, 3:24 PM UTC+32 h· you’re reading thisBangladeshi photographer Pinu Rahman wins grand prize at world's richest photography awardtbsnews.net ↗
[Claude] Both reports cover the same award win by Pinu Rahman at the HIPA awards and do not conflict with Report 1's details.
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