Laborers in Traditional Industries

Images depict laborers in various settings: a brick factory, a laundry area, and a tannery. Each scene shows workers engaged in physical tasks, highlighting daily life and industry.

Man lifting heavy buckets with water.

Cambodia, Siem Reap. Thousands of shrimp being dried out.

Female labourers on building site, Ahmedabad, Gujarat state, India, Asia

A woman brick maker at the brick factory in a village of Sangli, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Drying sorghum, Lira, Uganda, Africa

Cotton harvest, Gujarat state, India, Asia

Sahajanpur, Bangladesh - 19 December 2021: Aerial view of a person working with clay pots in a factory, Bangladesh.

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 15 January 2019: View of workers stacking newly fired red bricks, their vibrant clothing a stark contrast against the dusty, geometric landscape of the brickyard.

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 15 January 2019: View of workers in a brickyard, their hands covered in dust, moving stacks of red bricks under the open sky, creating a scene of labor and texture.

Workers making firecrackers at a workshop for upcoming Diwali or Dipawali festival, on October 25, 2021 in Barpeta, Assam, India. Traditional firework industry of Barpeta had been worst hit for ban on bursting firecrackers due to COVID-19 pandemic, this year they are hoping for good business. Diwali is a festival of lights celebrated every year in India.

Contract labourers remove garbage and mud on the road in Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

Laborers spread rice on the ground to dry at a rice mill factory. Agartala, Tripura, India. (Photo by: Abhisek Saha/Majority World/UIG)

Oshakati, Ovamboland, Namibia. A traditional oval-shaped granary being made from brushwood bound with strips of bark on the side of the road to Oshakati.

porters, union carbide gas leak tragedy, Bhopal, madhya pradesh, India, Asia India Copyright: xMukeshxParpiani/DinodiaxPhotox

Africa, Cameroon, Garoua, iron workers craftsman

Africa, Kenya, Samburu region. Samburu village blacksmith

A traditional fish smokehouse at Tanji fishing village in The Gambia.

Worker making clay bricks in a village near Lake Albert, Uganda.

Boy cementing a shop floor in Togo

salt plant, man preparing salt hips, little rann of kutch, gujarat, india Copyright: xRajeshxVora/DinodiaxPhotox

Metal craftsmen, bazaar in the Old City, Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, Africa

Workers on a construction site shipbreaking Bangladesh

Man and ox at the traditional production of peanut oil near Bagan, Burma, Myanmar, Asia

Somali dock workers carry sacks of wheat in the port as they unload relief supplies for their country. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Sierra Leone, The Mende, Women Processing Palm Oil.

Man lifting pan with cement onto a scaffold, construction of brick houses for families whose houses were destroyed during the flood catastrophe of 2010, Lashari Wala village near Muzaffaragarh, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

Salt pond mines of Maras, 40kilometers north of Cuzco, in the Cuzco Region of Peru

Sea salt raw flakes from wadala salt farms Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 15 January 2019: View of a worker balancing bricks on his head amidst dusty brickyards, a testament to labor and resilience.

Dhaka, Bangladesh - 15 January 2019: View of a laborer amidst a cloud of dust, balancing a stack of freshly made bricks on his head in a brickyard.

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

Small blacksmith's workshop in the Thar Desert, Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Turning, Tea Factory, Mount Harrow, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, Asia

Young boys charcoal mining in the Indo-Burma hot spot

Minjibir, Nigeria - 27 May 2025: View of a man weaving pink threads on a loom in Gidan Gabas village, under a thatched roof, amidst the stark, sun-drenched earth.

harvesting in field, india Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Man dyeing cotton, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India

Lahore, Pakistan - 21 December 2025: View of a metal worker meticulously crafting a wheel rim amidst the dim workshop's cluttered corners, the scene bathed in muted earth tones.

Cotton Plant workers harvesting cotton Date:

Tanning leather in the tanners souk, Fez, Morocco

Malawi, Dedza, Pottery Producing Fair Trade Goods For Export.

Worker, Tanner's Quarter or Dye Pits of Chouwara in Fez El Bali, Medina, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fez, Morocco, Africa

A man making Athangudi kannadi kal, Process of making tile in Athangudi, Chettinad, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia. Cottage Industry Small scale industry, Asia

SAMBHAR, INDIA, NOVEMBER 19, 2012: Women mining salt at lake Sambhar, Rajasthan, India. Sambhar Salt Lake is India's largest inland salt lake

Production of salt in a hut in Owliwi Village, near Grand-Popo, Benin.

Bogura, Bangladesh - 17 April 2022: View of a man amidst a sea of drying, pale golden vermicelli, suspended on dark wooden racks, creating a mesmerizing pattern of lines and shadows under the sun.

Construction workers working on an iron framework for filling the slab with cement concrete mixture ; Ahmedabad ; Gujarat ; India

Lahore, Pakistan - 21 December 2025: View of a craftsman meticulously smoothing a metal wheel at his workshop, surrounded by stacks of metallic rims and a scattering of tools.

Cinnamon and other spices being dried in a farm in Sri Lanka

Making clay bricks, Neloor Maravappalayam, near Karur, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

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

Traditional tannery with dyeing vats for animal skins, Marrakech, Morocco, Africa

Aerial view of farmers working on rice field draining and drying rice at sunlight, Dhamrai, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Two men are sitting on top of a mound of sand as they rest from digging for sand. Sand mining is illegal in most parts of the country. Harare, Zimbabwe.

Basket maker weaving bamboo strips baskets, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Worker shaping stone to build retaining wall, ladakh, jammu & kashmir, india, asia Copyright: xRajeshxVora/DinodiaxPhotox

Riverside washing area and drying laundry, Ganges River, Varanasi, formerly Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India

Worker in Dharavi recycling color dyes for use in industries at Dharavi ; Bombay Mumbai ; Maharashtra ; India

Brickworks in Nepal.

Thrashing Machine And Cow, Bihar, India

Morocco, Fes, Fes el-Bali medina, Man trims dyed leather at tannery (Editorial Usage Only)

Moroccan coppersmith working in workshop on Place Seffarine, small square in medina of the city Fes, Fez, Fez-Meknes, Morocco, Africa

Worker sorting organic rice produced in Agoutome, Benin.

Vietnam. Doc Let Salt lake. Workers harvesting the salt. Early morning sunrise.

A carpenter assembling wooden cart wheel near Madurai, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Washing facility, camel market, fair, people, wedding market, animals, desert city Pushkar, (Pushkar Camal Fair) Rajasthan, North India, India, Asia

Young people working as sewage workers, getting mud out of the sewers, historic centre of Yangon, Rangoon, Myanmar, Burma, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fabric dyeing, winch dyeing is an old method, garment industry, Tiruppur Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

1940s TWO AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN MINERS DIGGING HAND SHOVELING BAUXITE ROCK SOURCE OF ALUMINUM AND GALLIUM IN A MINE ARKANSAS USA

Zambia, Mayukwayukwa Camp, Men Working In Maize Mill In Camp For Angolan Refugees.

BRICK MAKING, BRAZIL. Amazon, Maraba. Brick furnaces fueled with mahogany. .

Villager making palm oil in Dokoue, Benin

Malawi, Bvumbwe Young Offenders Rehabilitation Centre in Thyolo district where young offenders, convicted and remanded live. Carpentry training is part of the rehabilitation. Once released, they will lack tools to continue with the carpentry at home.

Workers grading copras in an oil extracting factory at Vellakoil vellakovil Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

iron foundry , rajkot , gujarat , india

Potter working among many pots put out for drying on Potters' Square Bhaktapur Nepal

Morocco, Fez tannery. Hides of goats, sheep, cows, and camel are processed. Dye ingredients of this odorous process include pigeon excrement, cow urine, oils, chromium salts, and sulfuric acids. (Editorial Use Only)

Young mechanic employed in a garage in Bukavu, DRC

Man selling metal animal feed dishes at Sonepur Cattle Fair, Bihar, India, Asia

Young boy worker in granite quarry preparing rock slab for splitting - Nandi hills, Kolar distict, Karnataka, India.

Three men drinking tea inside a mechanical workshop, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, July, 2008

Brick making, Togo,06/26/2010

Afar workers loading a camel with salt blocks in the salt mines of Dallol, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, Africa

West Indies, Grenada, St Patrick, Female Workers Hand Bottling The Rum At The River Antoine Distillery.

People working in a rubber plantation,Phuket,Thailand.

Organic cotton harvesting in Maharashtra India

Wood being weighed at the Manikarnika cremation ghat; Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 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.

Worker refining wool for rugs and sweaters in factory in Kathmandu Nepal Katmandu (MR)

Timber area, Sunday Market, Kashi, China, Asia

Municipality worker making a firewood platform to performing last rites, who died from COVID-10 coronavirus disease in Guwahati.

Kolkata, India - 08 July 2015: View of workers, their bodies glistening with sweat, as they pour molten metal in the dim, cavernous foundry.

Potter working among many pots put out for drying on Potters' Square Bhaktapur Nepal

Worker in a tannery stacking animal hides from the tanning vats, tanners and dyers quarter, Fez, Morocco, Africa

India, General, Biogas Digester Producing Methane From Cattle Manure.

Craftsmen repairing a wooden dhow in the shipyard in Doha, Qatar.

Wheat crop grains filling in gunny bags , Village Mahangwa , District Narsinghpur , Madhya Pradesh , India

Blacksmith forging a machete, Arunachal Pradesh, North East India, India, Asia

Tree Trimmer, or Arborist, Cutting Cottonwood Tree Limb From Inside Bucket of Cherry Picker

Residents of the village of Iwasoudanei checking the quality of the dried rhizomes of organically cultivated Irises (Iris germanica), which are stored on the roof of the mud house of Hassan Bouship, the chief of the village of Iwasoudane, for natural cosmetics in Europe, Ait Inzel Gebel Region, Atlas Mountains, Morocco, Africa

The production of traditional Bambara tribe Bogolanfini or bogolan, a handmade Malian cotton fabric traditionally dyed with fermented mud, at a small factory in Segou, a city in the center of Mali, West Africa.

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