Dhaka February 18, 2009


Workers carry bricks in a brick field on the outskirt of Dhaka February 17, 2009. About 45 workers are employed at the brick factory and most work 12 hours a day. The daily wage is 120 taka ($1.70) for men and 100 taka ($1.40) for women.

Workers carry bricks in a brick field on the outskirts of Dhaka February 17, 2009. About 45 workers are employed at the brick factory and most work 12 hours a day. The daily wage is 120 taka ($1.70) for men and 100 taka ($1.40) for women.

A worker loads bricks onto his head as he carries them in a brick field on the outskirts of Dhaka February 17, 2009. About 45 workers are employed at the brick factory and most work 12 hours a day. The daily wage is 120 taka ($1.70) for men and 100 taka ($1.40) for women

Workers load bricks onto their heads as they carry them in a brick field on the outskirts of Dhaka February 17, 2009. About 45 workers are employed at the brick factory and most work 12 hours a day. The daily wage is 120 taka ($1.70) for men and 100 taka ($1.40) for women.

Women labourers work in a brick field on the outskirts of Dhaka February 17, 2009. About 45 workers are employed at the brick factory and most work 12 hours a day. The daily wage is 120 taka ($1.70) for men and 100 taka ($1.40) for women.


A street barber gives his customer a shave in Dhaka February 18, 2009

A vendor arranges bunches of bananas at a wholesale market in Dhaka February 18, 2009

A laundryman washes clothes in the polluted waters of river Buriganga in Dhaka February 18, 2009.

A laundryman washes clothes in the polluted waters of river Buriganga in Dhaka February 18, 2009.

A man takes a bath in a public toilet in Dhaka February 18, 2009.