A group of dust covered child labourers gather for a portrait in the brick kiln in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 22 February 2015. Bleak photos identify the children working their fingers to the bone in Nepalís brick kilns. Photographer Jan Mˆller Hansen documented the conditions of the brick kilns in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal between 2013 and 2016 while he lived and worked in the area. Jan estimates between 150,000 and 175,000 people are employed in the 200 brick kilns littering the Kathmandu Valley. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





Workers seen at a brick kilns in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





Workers seen at a brick kilns in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





Workers seen at a brick kilns in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





Workers seen at a brick kilns in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





Workers seen at a brick kilns in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





Workers seen at a brick kilns in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





Workers seen at a brick kilns in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





Two kiln workers sift through a seemingly endless pile of bricks in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 20 March 2016. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





A young worker piles bricks on top of his head in the midst of a vast pile of bricks from the kiln in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 12 January 2014. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





Child labourers pose for a photo atop a mound of bricks in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 25 October 2015. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





Workers seen at a brick kilns in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





A dust covered young boy spreads his arms out as he leans against a mound of bricks in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 18 January 2014. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





As two children head off to school two others push wheelbarrows during their brick kiln shifts in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 20 March 2016. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





A dust covered young boy smiles for the camera during one of his long work days in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 18 January 2014. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





Kiln workers can work 12 to 14 hour days in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 20 March 2016. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





A young kiln worker carries a tub of water home in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 22 February 2015. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





The kiln workers live in shabby makeshift houses during the work season which runs from November to April in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 22 February 2015. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





A young girl and her sister lean out of a makeshift doorway during a lengthy shift in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 22 February 2015. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)





A group of child labourers gather for a portrait in the midst of the brick kiln in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, 21 February 2015. (Photo by Jan Moeller Hansen/Barcroft Images)