Having just recovered from measles, with spots still visible on his tiny face, five-month-old Arian sits on his father’s lap and flashes a playful grin with his tongue out, as if to say the illness that has claimed so many children could not dampen his spirit. The photo was taken yesterday at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Mohakhali. Two children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, bringing the country’s combined tally of confirmed and suspected measles deaths this year to 837. Photo: Mehedi Hasan