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Men walk on the narrow paths between vats of lye and colorful dyes in a leather tannery in Fez, Morocco. The leather tannery, located in the Medina of Fez, an UNESCO World Heritage site, features leather-making techniques that remain unchanged since the Middle Ages. The Medina of Fez is an ancient and walled quarter of the city of Fez—one of the best-preserved old cities of the Arab world. The sprawling Medina of Fez is also the world’s largest car-free urban zone.

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Men walk on the narrow paths between vats of lye and colorful dyes in a leather tannery in Fez, Morocco. The leather tannery, located in the Medina of Fez, an UNESCO World Heritage site, features leather-making techniques that remain unchanged since the Middle Ages. The Medina of Fez is an ancient and walled quarter of the city of Fez—one of the best-preserved old cities of the Arab world. The sprawling Medina of Fez is also the world’s largest car-free urban zone.

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Men walk on the narrow paths between vats of lye and colorful dyes in a leather tannery in Fez, Morocco. The leather tannery, located in the Medina of Fez, an UNESCO World Heritage site, features leather-making techniques that remain unchanged since the Middle Ages. The Medina of Fez is an ancient and walled quarter of the city of Fez—one of the best-preserved old cities of the Arab world. The sprawling Medina of Fez is also the world’s largest car-free urban zone.

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Auto rickshaws in front of a slum in Mumbai, India.

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People work outside their home in the Bumthang District of the Kingdom of Bhutan.

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A man in an Indian market carries a basket filled with garlands that will be used for religious and ceremonial reasons.

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A woman in India strings flowers to make a garland that will be used for religious purposes.

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A train passes by slums in South Asia.

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Generations of women are represented in the tea gardens of eastern Bangladesh. Some teenagers begin picking tea at age 14, working alongside their older friends and relatives who often continue working into their 60’s.

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With their quota of tea leaves bundled tightly and carried on their heads, women walk out of the tea gardens of eastern Bangladesh. The tea gardens and factories are often separated by miles, and the women must walk every evening to weigh the loads.

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A man walks down train tracks in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Scenes from the lower income areas and slums in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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On the 13th floor of a Dhaka, Bangladesh, industrial high-rise, a factory manager keeps tabs on production. Bangladeshi garment makers produce designer-branded clothing to export for consumers around the world.

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The shipyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh, occupies a large area of land along the Buriganga River. The shipyard provides jobs in ship building, repair and breaking up material.

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A view of the streets of a small town where churches have started in a remote district of Nepal.

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Passengers ride inside one of the many trains that run through Mumbai. The trains are vital and transport seven million people through Mumbai every day.

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Men in Mumbai, India, eat lunch from ‘tiffin boxes,’ sectioned lunch boxes.

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Dabbawalas push a cart of lunch boxes to deliver to office workers. Dabbawalas are unique to Mumbai are are tasked with delivering lunch boxes from office worker’s homes to businesses and then back to the owner’s home.

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A man in Mumbai, India, carries luggage and lunch boxes through the streets.

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Dabbawalas, meaning ‘one who carries a box,’ take a break from delivering lunch boxes to office workers. Roughly 4,500 dabbawalas collect and deliver close to 200,000 packages of food within hours in Mumbai with such accuracy, package delivery companies are coming to study their ways of working.

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