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workers hauling bricks in Kolkata, India
May 25, 2015

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Laborers work among the dust and debris at a brick field in Kolkata, India. “Men and women work together every day to earn some money for their family,” writes Shibasish Saha, a member of our Your Shot community.

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Photograph by Shibasish Saha, National Geographic Your Shot
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