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The Ship Breakers Photos

Teams of laborers carry steel cut from the hulls of ships beached in the shipyards of Chittagong, Bangladesh. The steel, cut into varying size lengths, a ton or more in weight, are heaved onto the shoulders of a ragged team of workers who then sway under the weight to the waiting trucks where they are then transported to the steel furnaces.

(Photo: Mark Lewis)