Labor and Resource Gathering

Scenes depicting workers engaged in manual labor, including sand collection and water distribution, highlighting human effort in resource management.

Asia, Myanmar (Burma), Mandalay. Bamboo raft builders on the Irrawaddy River.

Sand for building recovered from the Tiracol River, Goa, India, Asia

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 19 February 2025: View of workers carrying heavy loads, their silhouettes a testament to human labor against the backdrop of colorful boats.

Asia: Middle East: Yemen: Al Hodeidah: fish market. (Photo by: Federico Meneghetti/REDA&CO/UIG)

People filling water in plastic drums from water tanker, Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

People filling water in plastic drums from water tanker, Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

People filling water in plastic drums from water tanker, Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Asia, Myanmar (Burma), Mandalay. Bamboo raft builders on the Irrawaddy River.

Barefoot and bent over the salt beds, laborers, including children, work tirelessly in the salt fields of Bashkhali Upazila, Cox's Bazar. Despite the country's self-sufficiency in salt production, workers endure harsh conditions, low wages, and an uncertain future in this vital industry. The salt industry in Bangladesh, particularly in coastal areas like Chittagong and Cox's Bazar, produces salt seasonally from December to mid-May. Chittagong Bangladesh.

Workers in salt pan at Thoothukudi Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Old rice mill, rice sacks, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 15 April 2024: View of laborers balancing baskets of coal on their heads, traversing makeshift bamboo bridges above vibrant, painted boats under a clear sky.

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. (Photo by: Soumyabrata Roy/Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Male and female workers are breaking LC stones with a crusher machine in Bholaganj area, known as the 'Stone State' of Sylhet Companyganj Upazila. These workers whose health is at risk, earn 500-600 taka at the end of the day. Around 2000 workers are employed in more than two hundred crusher machines, and stones worth 3-5 crore rupees are broken every day. Sylhet-Bangladesh.

Women pressing sugar cane, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

People Unloading A Barge Of Sand With Baskets, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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.

Barefoot and bent over the salt beds, laborers, including children, work tirelessly in the salt fields of Bashkhali Upazila, Cox's Bazar. Despite the country's self-sufficiency in salt production, workers endure harsh conditions, low wages, and an uncertain future in this vital industry. The salt industry in Bangladesh, particularly in coastal areas like Chittagong and Cox's Bazar, produces salt seasonally from December to mid-May. Chittagong Bangladesh.

Loading sacks onto ferry boats on Buriganga River at Sadarghat (City Wharf), Dhaka River Port, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Labourers are working at a brick factory on May Day. May 1st is known as International Workers Day, and celebrated in over 80 countries across the world. Agartala. Trupura, India.

A bleaching unit garment industry, Tiruppur Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Washing clothes at Dhobighat at Lower Parel, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Man lifting fish in baskets from cart to put on mats to dry, Muara Karang, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia

Fishermen's village, Cotonou, Benin.

Bullock cart used for farming and other forms of transportation in village at Andhra Pradesh India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Slum behind Masjid Station, Mandvi district, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia

The market, Sikasso, Mali, Africa

Female construction workers carry bricks on their heads, high rise construction site, Mandalay, Myanmar, Asia

Fishermen repairing the net, Tanji, Gambia, West Africa, Africa

Fishermen repairing nets, Dehri beach, Valsad, Gujarat, India, Asia India Copyright: xAjitxParekh/DinodiaxPhotox -

Fisherman standing at the port between many colourful fishing boats and round boats, Mui Ne, Vietnam, Asia

Labourers are washing clothes at Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat, laundry district of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Man carrying a huge load on his head, Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Asia

Men in dock carrying sacks, Yangon, Burma, Myanmar, Rangoon, dock workers, Asia

Ghana, Agriculture, Women Sorting Rice.

Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Cape Coast, Elmina. People working on fishing boats.

Fishermen repairing their gear near Chinese fishing nets, Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India

MALI, BAMAKO, RECYCLE MARKET, SCRAP METAL WORKER

A typical truck is being loaded on the banks of the Ayeyarwady, Mandalay, Myanmar Burma, Southeast Asia, Asia

Panay, Philippines - Jan 23, 2020: The slums are made of bamboo. Impoverished areas of the Philippines. Panay, Philippines - Jan 23, 2020: The slums are made of bamboo. Impoverished areas of the Philippines Copyright: xZoonar.com/RUDxDMITRIIx 15974310

Labourers recovering copper shavings from toxic industrial slag, dried before being filled in sacks for further recycling in the slums of Howrah, Hooghly, West Bengal, India, Asia

Basic tools for farming, hoe, machette, shovel, water container and wheelbarrow, Uganda, June

Fishermen sorting their catch on Weligama Beach, South Coast of Sri Lanka, Asia

People repairing fishing nets on a boat, Pakhiralay, near Gosaba, South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal, India, Asia

Workers loading earth in Savanes province, Togo.

Africa, Senegal, Dakar. The Pink Lake of Retba. Salt harvesting along the briny lake shore. Workers sorting salt in piles by color and grade.

Factory industry with stack of different types of large garbage dump, plastic bags, bottles and trash bins in urban area in Environmental pollution concept.

Woman at work in a small fish factory. Preparation of fish fillets. Vung Tau. Vietnam.

Workers load sand taken from creek into boat near Uran, Raigad District, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Round yellow crab and lobster nets stacked neatly at seaside marina in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Asia

Men Working in Salt Pans, Wadala, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia India copyright: xakelalaxsrinivas/dinodiaxphotox -

Chattogram, Bangladesh - 26 November 2025: View of fishermen hauling carts laden with the day's silver catch, gleaming under the warm, golden light of the morning sun.

Workers sorting dry grapes in dry grapes factory at Sangli, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Fish market, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Raw leather being loaded onto trucks from a warehouse in Chittagong as the industry faces mounting challenges. Due to a lack of regulatory oversight, syndication by tannery owners, and soaring prices of leather-processing chemicals, many wholesale leather processing houses are shutting down. As a result, a significant number of workers from the leather labor union are being forced to change professions, threatening livelihoods in a country that stands as the world's second-largest leather exporter, the workers say. Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Workers are busy processing dried fish at the Lama Kazi area of Sylhet. Every year, when the winter season comes, the small species of fish caught in the local river canal, Bilhaor, are bought at wholesale rates, dried, and sold to wholesalers in different parts of the country, with an estimated value of hundreds of crores of Taka. Around 70 businessmen build lofts in certain places to dry goods. 1500 to 2000 people are involved in the work of drying goods. Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Firewood for sale on the bank of the Niger River in Segou, a city in the center of Mali, West Africa.

At the Karnaphuli Fish Port, the largest fish stock hub in the country, hundreds of labourers work tirelessly, unloading freshly caught fish from arriving boats. Each worker carries heavy loads, earning an average daily wage of 400 to 800 BDT ($4-$8 USD), depending on the weight they transport. Despite the physically demanding nature of the job, many continue to rely on it as their primary source of income, serving both local and national seafood markets. The port remains a vital economic hub, supplying fish across Bangladesh and highlighting the resilience of its workforce. Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Armenia Ghat flower market, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Asia

People filling water in plastic drums from water tanker, Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 19 February 2025: View of a young boy walking along a dusty, sun-baked path amidst heavy machinery and piles of construction materials, under a hazy sky.

Construction workers transporting sand from a boat over a plank, Tel Ghat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Asia

Workers are risking their lives to wash cement bags in the water of Surma river. Plastic dust is filling the river water and riverbed which is poisoning the river and damaging the environment by disrupting the natural breeding of fish. Exposure to high levels of cement dust irritates nose, create allergy. This is their livelihood, and these workers are not aware of the health issues due to lack of knowledge that long term exposure of Cement dust could lead to occupational asthma. Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Porter carrying load, Nepal.

Asia, India, Kerala, Kochi (Cochin). Fishermen repair their nets.

Workers are at the Chattogram Fishery Ghat before sunrise, located along the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram. The 200-year-old Chattogram Fishery Ghat is the nation's largest wholesale fish market. With roots tracing back to Portuguese settlers, the ghat supports the livelihoods of half a million people, fishermen, traders, and porters, while supplying fish both domestically and internationally. Its four jetties and strategic port location enhance its role as an economic and cultural powerhouse, especially during the bustling Hilsa season. Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Worker cleaning sewage drains part of monsoon preparations to prevent flooding in Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

VIETNAM - The horticultural village of Sa Dec. Located in southern Vietnam in the Mekong Delta region, Sa Dec is known as the birthplace of writer Marguerite Duras. There is her autobiographical novel The Lover, award Goncourt 1984, in which she delivers the story of her first love in the heart of French Indochina."Garden of Cochin China" is Sa Dec was baptized in the mid-nineteenth century. Bonard, then French governor of Cochin China, saw a land nestled between two main arms of the Mekong and a favorable climate for floriculture. He therefore brought seeds from many species of France.It is six o'clock in the morning when the city comes to life. We start working before the big heat. At sunrise, 300 hectares of chrysanthemums, marigolds, dahlias, hydrangeas, roses, bonsai and others are revealed. At each plot, various smells are interfering with us. We are immersed in the scenery of a film by Hayao Miyazaki.Day after day, trucks and boats queue on the dock to load the more than 12 m

Periodical Market at Kundadam near Dharapuram Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Fabric dyeing, winch dyeing is a old method, garment industry, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Fishermen at work in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

A fisherman in a country fishing boat full of fish at huge fishing yard, Udupi, Karnataka, India Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Young man, washing fresh fish on the platform of a floating fish farm, Vinh Long, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Asia

Young man, washing fresh fish on the platform of a floating fish farm, Vinh Long, Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Asia

Females in Abuja are struggling and making strides in a local cassava processing factory under difficult conditions to produce flour as they wash out chaff from fermented cassava. In the face of economic uncertainties, these young girls and women are navigating various challenges to empower themselves, provide jobs for others and sustain livelihoods. Most of the women here are breadwinners, and they fend for their families. Nigeria.

At the Karnaphuli Fish Port, the largest fish stock hub in the country, hundreds of labourers work tirelessly, unloading freshly caught fish from arriving boats. Each worker carries heavy loads, earning an average daily wage of 400 to 800 BDT ($4-$8 USD), depending on the weight they transport. Despite the physically demanding nature of the job, many continue to rely on it as their primary source of income, serving both local and national seafood markets. The port remains a vital economic hub, supplying fish across Bangladesh and highlighting the resilience of its workforce. Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Male and female workers are breaking LC stones with a crusher machine in Bholaganj area, known as the 'Stone State' of Sylhet Companyganj Upazila. These workers whose health is at risk, earn 500-600 taka at the end of the day. Around 2000 workers are employed in more than two hundred crusher machines, and stones worth 3-5 crore rupees are broken every day. Sylhet-Bangladesh.

Labourers are working at a brick factory on May Day. May 1st is known as International Workers Day, and celebrated in over 80 countries across the world. Agartala. Trupura, India.

Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Mercato. A roadside stall in the sprawling Mercato market displays pots, trays and pans made from recycled material. Almost every conceivable old or discarded item is recycled there.

Workers reparing a fishing boat in the shipyard; Xiapu, Fujian, China

Afar salt miners breaking up salt crust into slabs at salt mine in salt flat in front of camels, Danakil depression, Ethiopia, Africa

Man selling sugar cane juice, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Men washing the starch out of cotton cloth in running water, before drying ready for indigo dyeing, Bhuj district, Gujarat, India, Asia

Selling and loading of hay. The cattle market in Tokmok, a town in the foothills of the Tien Shan close to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (Editorial Use Only)

Labourers are washing clothes at Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat, laundry district of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 15 January 2019: View of laborers straining to push a cart laden with goods through a vast, textured landscape of refuse, under smokestacks.

Fishermen mending nets, fishing boats, pirogues, beach, Elmina, Gulf of Guinea, Ghana, Africa

Empty plastic trays at Panaji Panjim harbour Goa India 8-May-2008 Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

Fishing nets of Chinese tradition Kerala India

Asia, Cambodia, Kompong Phluk, men repairing boat

Fabric drying yard, garment industry, Tiruppur Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

A lot of salt in the salt fields of farmers in Thailand.

Somalia, Mogadishu, Loading French Food Aid Of Wheat Flour Onto Truck For Distribution From Mogadishu Port.

Fishermen repairing fish net at the harbor, Chittagong Division, Bangladesh

Fish market, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Furniture maker's workshop in Kadutu, Bukavu, DRC

Marine salt production, Kusamba, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Rice bags at an open storage yard at Vadalur near Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Firewood for sale on the bank of the Niger River in Segou, a city in the center of Mali, West Africa.

Men working in salt pans, Wadala, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Asia India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox -

VIETNAM - The horticultural village of Sa Dec. Located in southern Vietnam in the Mekong Delta region, Sa Dec is known as the birthplace of writer Marguerite Duras. There is her autobiographical novel The Lover, award Goncourt 1984, in which she delivers the story of her first love in the heart of French Indochina."Garden of Cochin China" is Sa Dec was baptized in the mid-nineteenth century. Bonard, then French governor of Cochin China, saw a land nestled between two main arms of the Mekong and a favorable climate for floriculture. He therefore brought seeds from many species of France.It is six o'clock in the morning when the city comes to life. We start working before the big heat. At sunrise, 300 hectares of chrysanthemums, marigolds, dahlias, hydrangeas, roses, bonsai and others are revealed. At each plot, various smells are interfering with us. We are immersed in the scenery of a film by Hayao Miyazaki.Day after day, trucks and boats queue on the dock to load the more than 12 m

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