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Workers carry piles of bricks weighing more than 20 kg on their heads in a kiln in Dhaka, Bangladesh on February 15, 2024. The labourers “who are paid less than £1 a shift” move up to 2,500 bricks a day in sweltering conditions. Around 4,00,000 low-income migrants arrive in Dhaka from different parts of the country every year to work at brickfields. Long working hours under the scorching sun in the brick fields, massive accumulation of dust, the risk of falling from the trucks and piles of bricks, and carrying excessive loads pose serious health hazards for the workers. (Photo by Joy Saha/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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