Agricultural and Construction Activities

Scenes showing various agricultural and construction activities, including rice fields, deforestation, and bamboo transportation, reflecting labor in nature.

Combine harvester unloading rice into truck

ASIA, NO. VIETNAM, NEAR HOA BINH GIANG MO VILLAGE, MUONG HILL-TRIBE, PEOPLE WORKING IN RICE FIELDS

Zambia, Deforestation, Bulldozer clearing forest for wheat farming.

Labourer transport bamboo on a river to be sold at a floating market and set to be used in the construction industry in Chakmaghat, Agartala, Tripura, India.

View of smoke billowing over brick kilns casting a haze across the arid landscape, where a lone figure works amidst the earthy tones, Mithi, Sindh, Pakistan.

Tornado - Pratt City, Ala. , August 29, 2011 A Simpson Tie-Downs, as seen here, will help Frank Hardy's new home in Pratt City withstand tornado like winds. Atlanta's FD Moon & Co. construction firm building Hardy's home, destroyed in April 27th when a string of deadly tornadoes swept through Alabama. The rebuild, under the direction of architect Stan Smith is using storm-resistant construction methods. FEMA photo/Ruth Kennedy. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Combine harvester unloading rice into truck

Man dipping bunches of bamboo into limewash to assist in oftening them for the papermaking process, Hsipaw, Shan state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Lumber Cut From Rainforest, Cordillera Central, Costa Rica, Central America

The Asia Pacific region, led by major jute producer India, dominates the Jute Bags Market. India's rich production capabilities, coupled with the global shift towards eco-friendly alternatives, have contributed to the region's leadership. Here Jute is cut and tied to the banks of the Jalangi River for shedding leaves and some of the fiber from the jute rotting in river water is taken by laborers to be dried before sale at the market. Tehatta, West Bengal, India.

Sugar cane plantation in valley, Yunnan, China

People work on the rice field with water in Indonesia

farming in the Provinz Amnat Charoen in the northwest of Ubon Ratchathani in the Region of Isan in Northeast Thailand in Thailand.

Farming between Inle Lake and Kalaw, a popular 2 day trek in Shan State, Myanmar (Burma)

Sawmill, illegal logging, Amazon rainforest, Trairao, Trairao District, Para, Brazil, South America

Empty construction lot on hold during the (U.) S. recession

Drying beans at coffee washing station, Rutsiro district, Northern province, Rwanda, East Africa, Africa

Rows of coffee drying racks sit side-by-side in field in Rwanda

A Thai farmer plows a rice paddy near Mae Sot, Thailand

Dredge ship in sand quarry Dredge ship on the water. Sand quarry in south east Asia. Copyright: xZoonar.com/szefeix 12236164

Vietnam, Pu Luong Nature Reserve. Water wheel on the Cham River.

Aerial view, small-scale mining of limestone, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa

SAPA, VIETNAM, JUNE 10, 2011: Unidentified people working in rice field terraces (rice paddy) near Ta Van village. Vietnam is one of the top rice exporting countries in the world

Aerial view of a timber yard with stacks of wood and buildings, contrasting with the surrounding lush forest area, White River, Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Poultry Farm shed at Agri, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Asia India Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox -

House being built from mud brick, Butare region, Rwanda

Using a machine for extracting Agaves fiber Ecuador

Pile in constuction site

Cut bamboo for furniture production in Laos

Indonesia, South Kalimantan, Cempaka. Men working at a traditional opencast, small-scale diamond mine.

LAO - VIENTIANE LA COMPROMISEMême si elle se rapproche du million dhabitants, Vientiane a encore les allures dune bourgade à côte des mégapoles des pays voisins telles que Bangkok ou Ho-Chi-Minh Ville. Cela nempêche pas la capitale laotienne de rêver du même destin. La culture ancestrale du Laos, étroitement liée au culte bouddhique, se veut sans vains désirs ni ambitions démesurées. Aujourdhui, la rupture est totale et Vientiane en est lillustration. La croissance exponentielle du pays est principalement due aux investissements étrangers, avec en première ligne la Chine, qui viennent puiser dans les nombreuses ressources naturelles du pays, notamment dans les secteurs miniers, forestiers et hydroélectriques.Ainsi, avec la mondialisation qui entraine luniformisation des modes de vie et ces nouvelles richesses qui sont créées, les habitants de la capitale aspirent à un nouveau destin. Tours de verre, centre commerciaux, parcs dattraction, restaurants et cafés branchés commenc

Tho Ha, Vietnam. Rice paper, used in cooking, drying on bamboo racks in this village along the Cau River, on a small island 50 km north of Hanoi. (Editorial Use Only)

Tree cutter or Lumberjack logger worker man with chainsaw cutting green firewood timber natural trees in forest.

Storage Containers at Moorea in Tahiti

oilpalm plantation with a worker (Pongo pygmaeus). Sabah, Borneo, East Malaysia.

India, Uttar Pradesh , Sugar Cane, Sugar Cane Growing In Foreground With Chimneys From Sugar Mill Behind Emitting Dark Clouds Of Smoke.

While working on a water well drilling project, a member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1) adds water to a mud trough. The mud is used to lubricate the drill shaft. The well, near Bale Dogle, is intended to supply an old Soviet air base being used by U.S. and Moroccan personnel participating in the operation. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

Asia, Vietnam. Drying Vietnamese rice under the sun, Can Tho

050308-A-6854T-050. Base: La Mesa Country: Panama (PAN)

A rural hut surrounded by logs in a wooded area, the sapphire and gemstone mines at Ratnapura in Sri Lanka

A view of the command compound set up in a clearing at a petroleum-oil-lubricants (POL) storage facility near Howard Air Force Base. Country: Panama (PAN)

Farm for breeding lobsters on the island of Koh Chang in Thailand

Workers survey the remains of a Titan II missile silo of the 308th Strategic Missile Wing, which has been deactivated. The circular field of debris is left in place for a Soviet verification team. Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aerial view of a truck inside a dark hole in the ground next to rows of crops under white plastic sheets, Klaten Regency, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia.

Women working on a raft at the bank of Ayeyarwady river between Mandalay and Bagan in Myanmar, Burma

Gemstone mine, moonstone, Naula, Sri Lanka, Asia

Father and son are working at a sawmill. The son drives the tractor while the father hooks a log with a chain. The sawmill is set in a field landscape, with a pink flowering tree and a sky full of clouds tinted in blue

African rainforest clearance, men sawing hardwood tree trunks to make planks. South of Mbomo, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, May 2005.

Oil mill, Lycia, Turkey, Asia

Fish Farm, Ar Ragn floating village, Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia

Workers including women at the brick factory in a village of Sangli, Maharashtra, India Nicely arranged bricks can be seen here Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Woman unloading and stacking bundles of firewood logs, Vattavada, Western Ghats, Kerala, India

people at work on a seawead plantation on the Island Nusa Lembongan Island near the island Bali in indonesia in southeastasia. ASIA INDONESIA BALI NUSA LEMBONGAN SEAWEAD PLANTATION

Roadworks in western Rwanda

Sand filter for filtering the seawater in front of extracting sea salt, the so-called fleur de sel, North Bali, Bali, Indonesia, Asia

A 4E Skyhawk aircraft are serviced on the flight line near the Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5) hangar.. Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL)

Tea leaves drying in the sun at a tea plantation, Pindaya, Shan State, Myanmar, Burma

Men setting off explosive charges in a seismic reflective survey looking for oil on the West Coast of New Zealand

Worker on levee using water pump to drain mud lake of mud volcano, environmental disaster which developed after drilling incident, Porong Sidoarjo, near Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia

Aerial view of farmers tending to crops in Cambodia

Land That Was Previously Stripped by the Coal Companies Off Route #519. Some of the Machinery Can Be Seen in the Background. 07/1974

Aerial view of a person doing harvesting in rice plantation terrace with the help of a cow along the riverside, Sa Pa, Vietnam.

Solar panel in a rural houses area and old oil barrels are ready to recycle Industrial,Agro-industry of household Rural style in Thailand, Alternative energy concept

Salt pans, Tamarin, Mauritiu

Aurora Gold Mining project. Gold Mining, Guyana

Latex production, Krabi, Thailand

Asia, Indonesia, South Bali. Balinese man working in the rice fields.

Landwirtschaft auf Ibiza Landwirtschaft auf Ibiza Copyright: xZoonar.com/AntjexLindert-Rottkex 5643023

Rubber tapping at the Mandala Rubber Estates, near Nkhata Bay on the shores of Lake Malawi.

Ukraine, Pripyat, Chernobyl. Remains of an experimental fish hatchery.

Oil drilling platform in Jayawijaya Mountains, Indonesia

Yen Bai, Vietnam - 17 October 2025: View of a lone farmer raking golden grains on a vibrant orange tarp, backed by a weathered roof and verdant fields.

Construction site at the Chua Bain Dinh pagoda, currently a construction site, to become one of the largest pagodas in Southeast Asia, near Ninh Binh,...

Prawn farms in the backwaters near kodungallur, Kerala, South India, India, Asia

Taiwan, Kinmen County, Rural scene with motorbike and farmer working on field

Workers sorting Oil Palm fruit in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia. Oil palms are grown commercially to produce palm oil, which is used around the world as cooking oil and as an ingredient in many processed foods. Palm oil is also used as a biofuel, which has recently caused an increase in demand. However, there are social and environmental issues surrounding oil palm production, since the plantations often compete with native agriculture or rainforest, and palm oil grown for fuel takes up acreage tha

Washing and Drying Coffee Beans, Finca Vista Hermosa Coffee Plantation, Agua Dulce, Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala

Storage area for coconuts, Backwaters, Nileshwaram, Malabar Coast, northern Kerala, Kerala, southern India, India, Asia

People working in a coffee plantation, Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, South America

Sri Lanka, North Central Province, Anuradhapura, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Workers and scaffolding on the Abhayagiri Dagoba

Laying concrete beside sheds on dairy farm, Staffordshire, England, April

Abakundakawa coffee grower's cooperative, Minazi coffee washing station, Gakenke district, Rwanda.

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Chestnut COPPICE and products. Rogages, West Sussex, UK.

Teams of miners dig for gold about a mile outside Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique; Mozambique

Man ploughing rice paddy with pair of bullocks, ready for planting new crop of rice, family helping, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Hand tractor (rot thay) in a rice paddy near Mae Sot, Thailand

Fire wood sale at village fair Dadi Belgaum Karnataka India Copyright: xDuttagupta/DinodiaxPhotox

Mulberry (morus alba) plantation, Seam Reap Province, Craft Industry, Silk work, Silkworms breeding, Cambodia, Asia

Fishermen on Erhai Lake in Dali, Yunnan Province, People's Republic of China

Workers collecting honey from beehives, Selinunte Archaeological Park, Selinunte, Trapani district, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

Farmer cleaning rice in a Bidayuh village (Serian district) Sarawak, Malaysia.

Handmade bricks made from roadside clay and left to dry in the sun before firing, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Aerial view of trucks and workers amidst a rugged, rocky landscape with patches of green vegetation, Kali woro, Klaten Regency, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia.

Building a house together Community Akha village Thailand

ESU St. Louis - Murphy Oil - 26-HK-319-113. Drum skimmers in Meraux Canal III. Hurricane Katrina

Construction work progress

TIOXIDE, MALAYSIA. Teluk Kalung. Pollution control. On site surface water sampling. .

Huge areas of oil palm plantations, with a palm oil processing plant, south of Sandakan, Sabah, Boneo, East Malaysia.

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