This photograph taken on July 15, 2026 shows a woman walking past the closed Lithe Group garments factory at Baniachala in Bangladesh's Gazipur district. The closure of the Lithe Garments factory cost around 3,000 workers their jobs in a single night, underscoring strains in an industry that has powered Bangladesh's rise as the world's second-biggest apparel exporter after China. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH: Bangladesh-economy-textile, FOCUS by Sheikh Sabiha ALAM

This photograph taken on July 15, 2026 shows Mosammat Aklima (R), who was laid off from the Lithe Group garments factory, talking to a woman inside her home at Baniachala in Bangladesh's Gazipur district. The closure of the Lithe Garments factory cost around 3,000 workers their jobs in a single night, underscoring strains in an industry that has powered Bangladesh's rise as the world's second-biggest apparel exporter after China. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH: Bangladesh-economy-textile, FOCUS by Sheikh Sabiha ALAM

This photograph taken on July 15, 2026 shows a woman walking past the closed Lithe Group garments factory at Baniachala in Bangladesh's Gazipur district. The closure of the Lithe Garments factory cost around 3,000 workers their jobs in a single night, underscoring strains in an industry that has powered Bangladesh's rise as the world's second-biggest apparel exporter after China. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH: Bangladesh-economy-textile, FOCUS by Sheikh Sabiha ALAM

This photograph taken on July 15, 2026 shows garment workers heading to an apparel factory at Baniachala in Bangladesh's Gazipur district. The closure of the Lithe Garments factory cost around 3,000 workers their jobs in a single night, underscoring strains in an industry that has powered Bangladesh's rise as the world's second-biggest apparel exporter after China. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH: Bangladesh-economy-textile, FOCUS by Sheikh Sabiha ALAM

This photograph taken on July 15, 2026 shows garment workers heading to an apparel factory at Baniachala in Bangladesh's Gazipur district. The closure of the Lithe Garments factory cost around 3,000 workers their jobs in a single night, underscoring strains in an industry that has powered Bangladesh's rise as the world's second-biggest apparel exporter after China. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH: Bangladesh-economy-textile, FOCUS by Sheikh Sabiha ALAM

This aerial photograph taken on July 15, 2026 shows the closed Lithe Group garments factory at Baniachala in Bangladesh's Gazipur district. The closure of the Lithe Garments factory cost around 3,000 workers their jobs in a single night, underscoring strains in an industry that has powered Bangladesh's rise as the world's second-biggest apparel exporter after China. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH: Bangladesh-economy-textile, FOCUS by Sheikh Sabiha ALAM

This aerial photograph taken on July 15, 2026 shows the closed Lithe Group garments factory at Baniachala in Bangladesh's Gazipur district. The closure of the Lithe Garments factory cost around 3,000 workers their jobs in a single night, underscoring strains in an industry that has powered Bangladesh's rise as the world's second-biggest apparel exporter after China. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH: Bangladesh-economy-textile, FOCUS by Sheikh Sabiha ALAM

TOPSHOT - Residents sit and lie on beds placed on a street in the Centro Habana neighbourhood after the partial collapse of their building in Havana on July 30, 2026. Cubans take pride in facing hardship with resilience and ingenuity, but that fortitude is bringing a high psychological cost amid the island's latest protracted crisis. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)