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Work in dust, toxic smoke, toxic paints, including plastics and metals, bricks, sewage, or mining at +50 degrees Celsius. There is work done by people around the world, for minimum wages, and May 1 is just another normal day to go to work for them.
Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia – Miners are working hard in the world’s most inhospitable office. These workers transport hundreds of kilograms of raw sulfur daily, collected from the edge of the sulfuric acid lake in Ijen crater. It is 2386 meters high and 175 meters deep. Sulfur mining is a major industry in East Java.
Worker in the tanneries of Bangladesh. The Hazaribagh area of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is famous for its leather industry and has been listed as one of the most polluted places on the planet. There are 270 tanneries in Bangladesh, and those in Hazaribagh have between 8,000 and 12,000 workers. Leather processing involves the use of poisonous substances that cause cancer.
Plastics sorter in Bogra, Bangladesh. Workers work on a large amount of plastic waste that they classify by size, color, and shape.
Salt digger on Lake Roz in Dakar, Senegal. Locals use their boats to collect salt from the lake, which has a salt content of 40%. The miners sell the salt in bags on the shore of the lake, but they also export it to the entire region. To protect their skin from salt wounds, they are anointed with shea butter. The photo was taken by Paul-Vlad Epure, who spent 48 hours recording images of the drone on the lake.
Worker in the brick fields of Bangladesh. Such a worker leaves his home in search of a salary, but works in inhumane conditions.
Carbon carrier. Men and women work for $ 5-7 a day, carrying coal in used baskets on their heads in Dhaka, Bangladesh. They unload coal from ships, from morning to afternoon, in warm temperatures.
Pingjiang, Hunan, China – Chinese workers have built a rocky road to attract tourists.
Tailors in the bazaar
(Editor A.D.)
