Argentina

Sandra Urquiza works with other members of The Dawn of the Recyclers (El Amanecer de los Cartoneros), a cooperative that sorts and sells recyclables at Parque Patricios Green Center (Centro Verde de Parque Patricios) in Buenos Aires, the capital of A... more

Uganda

At their home in Mparo, a town in Uganda’s Rukiga District, brothers Peter Niwagaba (right), 17, and John Ruhija, 8, feed their rabbits and clean the hutch to keep the animals healthy. When the rabbits are fully grown, the brothers will sell them f... more

Rwanda

Francois Samvura (right) and Pasteur Nsabumuremyi cut lumber for customers in the Nyundo sector of Rwanda’s Rubavu district. They camp near the trees and usually cut two or three per day.... more

Nepal

Jigme Tsechos (foreground) is one of the 60 nuns from the White Monastery (Seto Gompa), of the Drukpa Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, who clean the Swayambhunath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. These nuns, who also clean other stupas and temples around Kathm... more

Guatemala

In San Andrés Semetabaj, a municipality in Sololá, Guatemala, Alirio López, 63, places soda cans on a road so that passing cars will crush them. Alirio recycles the cans into kitchen utensils.... more

Uganda

Sarah Bukirwa (right) tries to block Irene Bukirwa from scoring a point at the Muteesa I Royal University interfaculty netball tournament held at their Kampala, Uganda campus. Irene’s team, made up of faculty members from the science, art and infor... more