Ahead of May Day, AFP' s video and photo teams spoke to men and women around the globe whose jobs are becoming increasingly rare, particularly as technology transforms societies. Here: Mohammad Ashgar, 65, an Indian rickshaw puller, poses for a photograph next to his rickshaw in Kolkata on April 21, 2018. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)

Women take shelter at a pedestrian overpass during heavy rains caused by Cyclone Tauktae in Mumbai, India, May 17, 2021. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters)

In this photo released by the Chin Human Rights Organization, fires burn in the town of Thantlang in Myanmar's northwestern state of Chin, on Friday October 29, 2021. More than 160 buildings in the town in the northwestern Myanmar, including three churches, have been destroyed by fire caused by shelling by government troops, local media and activists reported Saturday. (Photo by Chin Human Rights Organization via AP Photo)

An alligator and his reflection seen in the Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Delray Beach, Florida on May 2, 2024. The wetlands attract nature lovers and wildlife photographers and are home to more than 140 bird species and a variety of other wildlife. (Photo by Ronen Tivony/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

An officer from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife gets ready to tranquillize a bear in Pasadena, California, U.S., August 20, 2021. (Photo by Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)

A Chinese woman wears traditional dress, or hanfu, as she has her picture taken by friends next to the first blossoms of spring at a park on March 21, 2021 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

UK “Ex On The Beach” star Chloe Goodman had a huge fashion disaster at a London Fashion Week event in Chelsea last night September 21, 2016, when her Christian Louboutin heel got caught in a metal grate. The former Celebrity Big Brother housemate looked embarrassed whilst trying to get her heel back after the disaster as well as cupping her top to avoid a second wardrobe malfunction. (Photo by XposurePhotos.com)

Russian model Irina Shayk in the last decade of August 2023 sent fans wild with these shots of her posing topless on rocks. (Photo by irinashayk/Instagram)