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Junaidi (40), wearing silver paint begs for money on the street, was an employee at a company, but due to the pandemic he was laid off and become a “silver men” for a month on March 11, 2021 in Depok, Indonesia. “Silver Men”, called “Manusia Silver” in Indonesian language, are an economically underprivileged group of people who have turned to a special form of begging to make ends meet. Using a mixture of screen-printing powder and cooking oil to form a highly toxic improvised metallic paint, they coat their bodies for dramatic effect and transform themselves into living statues. Manusia Silver can earn about 50,000 Indonesian rupiah to 100.000 Indonesian rupiah ($3.50 to $7) per day. Indonesia's poor account for 26.42 million of a population of over 270 million, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted business activity in Indonesia, 2.67 million people have lost their jobs, according to Statistics Indonesia (BPS). (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
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