Bojharis carry coal chiselled out by coal cutters in an illegal underground coal mine in Eastern India. Average loads carried by these bojharis was around about 40 kilograms at a time. In this mine the miners had sought the input of a mining enginner to choose the placement of pillars within the mine and so minimise the risk of collapses. Eastern India, 2013. (Photo by Hugh Brown/South West News Service)
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