The shoemaker in Turkey, the potato seller in Vietnam, and the weaver in Bolivia are among the billions of low-income entrepreneurs who make the world go round. They are also the type of people who can benefit significantly from microfinance. Every year, the Consultative Group To Assist The Poor (or CGAP) hosts a photo contest asking entrants to submit photos based around the idea of microfinance.The purpose of the contest is to give amateur and professional photographers a chance to show the different ways that poor households manage their financial lives and make their lives better through financial inclusion. Photo: South Asia Regional Winner – “Bricks Worker”, Bangladesh. A private enterprise worker is working at a brick field. These small businesses are creating new job opportunities for many poor people. (Photo by Moksumul Haque)

American supermodel Bella Hadid sets pulses racing as she showcases a new range of bras by Victoria's Secret in February 2023. The 26-year-old model appears alongside several other catwalk beauties in the “Bras, That's Our Thing” campaign for the brand. Paloma Elsesser, Adut Akech and Taylor Hill also appear, as do Candice Huffine, Mayowa Nicholas, and Valentina Sampaio. (Photo by Camilla Summers-Valli/Victoria's Secret/The Mega Agency)

Bonbibi, Treehouse Point, Fall City, WA. The Bonbibi is balanced on two steel yokes. The yokes spread out the load and allow for tree growth and movement in the wind. A small deck hangs from the beams below and uses the treehouse itself to shelter guests. (Photo by Pete Nelson)

A butcher blows into the skin of a cow's leg in order to peel it off, on the first market day since the earthquake in Camp Perrin, Haiti, Friday, August 20, 2021, six days after a 7.2 magnitude quake. (Photo by Fernando Llano/AP Photo)

American singer-songwriter Katy Perry and fiancé Orlando Bloom take a leap of faith into the Mediterranean Sea in the second decade of August 2024. (Photo by katyperry/Instagram)

At a “Guts” tour stop in Seattle, American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo in the first decade of August 2024 basks in the glow her ensemble creates. (Photo by Olivia Rodrigo/Instagram)

Laura Ford’s 1991 sculpture Twiglet has been installed at Thirsk Hall Sculpture Garden, North Yorkshire, UK in the last decade of April 2024. (Photo by James Glossop/The Times)

Contestants perform during the semifinals of the first Miss Colonia pageant hosted by the Factoría nightclub in Veracruz, Mexico, Sunday, March 5, 2023. The nightclub held the pageant as part of annual Women’s Day events and the only requirement for contestants was to prove residency in working-class areas of the city, known as “colonias”. Prizes originally covered utility bills and property taxes, but when the event attracted more sponsors the prizes expanded to include cash, travel, dental work, spas and makeovers. (Photo by Felix Marquez/AP Photo)