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)

An Iraqi boy sits next to cats for sale at the Ghazl Market in central Baghdad on November 20, 2020. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Photo)

A visitor celebrates after attending a bare hand fishing event in a frozen river during the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival at Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon province, South Korea, 09 January 2016. The festival runs under the theme “Unfrozen Hearts, Unforgettable Memories” from 09 January to 31 January 2016. (Photo by Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA)

The newly-discovered gaseous planet Kepler-16b orbits it's two stars. NASA's Kepler Mission discoverd the world orbiting two Stars, the larger a K dwarf and the smaller a red dwarf. (Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle via Getty Images)

Diver Sven, still in disguise, cleans the aquarium glass after a Santa Claus visit to the fish at Sea Life Berlin on December 6, 2021. (Photo by Christoph Soeder/dpa)

Speed Team’s Joan Font and co-driver Themis Lopez attempt to retrieve their vehicle after it was stuck in water during stage 9 of Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on January 10, 2023. (Photo by Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters)

A photo taken on October 20, 2024, shows various patterns left on the beach after the ebb tide at the Yanghe Estuary wetland in Jiaozhou Bay in Qingdao, Shandong province, China. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A woman photographs “Super Space Titan Kitty” by Colin Christian at the “Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty” museum exhibit in honor of Hello Kitty's 40th anniversary, at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, California October 10, 2014. (Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)