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  • New Delhi, India: Workers dismantle the seating and scaffolding arrangements made for the crowds celebrating India's Republic Day and a visit from US President Barack Obama.
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  • Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, India
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  • Kawakawa, near Labasa, Fiji. Roop Narayan, Suresh Singh, Sanju Prasad, and Sachin Kumar take an afternoon break from cane cutting to drink grog, which is crushed yaqoni root mixed with water. The result is a muddy, non-narcotic liquid with sedative properties
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  • Suva, Fiji | 2011<br />
Roneel Chand (center) repairs shoes at a stall in downtown Suva, while his family grows cash crops on leased land in nearby Navua. He is the primary earner in his family, making, he says, up to FJD 100 (USD 50) a day repairing shoes.
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  • Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Sailors reposition their dhows along the corniche
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  • Labasa, Fiji: A worker at the Labasa sugar mill monitors the progress of the cane juice as it is crystallized into raw sugar
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  • Workers at a county-sponsored COVID-19 vaccination clinic | San Mateo County Fair
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  • Workers continue the demolition of a damaged home in Patan. Over a year after the earthquake, many structures remain unsound and must be strengthened or taken down. The Nepali government’s failure to release funds donated by the international community has prevented timely assessment and action.
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  • Managed by UNICEF, the Chuchepati tent camp houses 3,500 internally displaced persons in Kathmandu. Though the numbers have been falling as people transition to more permanent homes, aid workers are now seeing a reverse, as firewood replaces cooking gas due to the blockade. Residents in rented apartments cannot cook with firewood in their kitchens and so are returning to the tent camps.
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  • Southall, United Kingdom | 2010<br />
Workers scrape turmeric- and spice-infused batter into a tub before it is deep fried and turned into pakoras, the spicy snack, and distributed for sale throughout the UK.
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  • Umm al-Quwain, United Arab Emirates | 2004<br />
Boys play volleyball at a waterpark popular with the local Indian community. Known for its luxury properties and guest workers from South Asia, the UAE has long been a trading hub and home to Indians, even before the oil boom and economic expansion of recent decades. Indians who live in the UAE form the core of the local middle class, owning shops and businesses and building their own schools and social organizations.
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  • Adithya Sambamurthy interviews a transit worker in Jackson Heights during a photojournalism workshop
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