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Faces of child labour

Agencies Published April 8, 2013
An Iraqi boy paddles a boat in the marshes near the small township of Chebayish, on the left bank of Euphrates, near Nasiriyah, 300 kilometres southeast of Baghdad, on April 6, 2013. The inhabitants of these ancient marshes are today suffering from the slow suffocation of the marshes due to drought which is altering their fishing patterns and the migration of birds and the breeding of water buffalo. During the regime of the late leader Saddam Hussein, sections of the marshes were drained.
An Iraqi boy paddles a boat in the marshes near the small township of Chebayish, on the left bank of Euphrates, near Nasiriyah, 300 kilometres southeast of Baghdad, on April 6, 2013. The inhabitants of these ancient marshes are today suffering from the slow suffocation of the marshes due to drought which is altering their fishing patterns and the migration of birds and the breeding of water buffalo. During the regime of the late leader Saddam Hussein, sections of the marshes were drained.
An Afghan boy carries a flask as he works in a poppy field in Khogyani district, eastern Nangarhar province on April 6, 2013. Poppy cultivation is expected to increase in both eastern and western provinces of the country, though will remain at a much lower level of cultivation as compared to Helmand and Kandahar provinces, the United Nations office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) said in its 2012 report.
An Afghan boy carries a flask as he works in a poppy field in Khogyani district, eastern Nangarhar province on April 6, 2013. Poppy cultivation is expected to increase in both eastern and western provinces of the country, though will remain at a much lower level of cultivation as compared to Helmand and Kandahar provinces, the United Nations office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) said in its 2012 report.
A Syrian boy works at a garage in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 6, 2013. Conflict in neighborhoods of Aleppo, which has been shaken by war for nine months, has put an end to childhood for most youths and it is not uncommon to see young boys working in the streets.
A Syrian boy works at a garage in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 6, 2013. Conflict in neighborhoods of Aleppo, which has been shaken by war for nine months, has put an end to childhood for most youths and it is not uncommon to see young boys working in the streets.
A Syrian boy works at a garage in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 6, 2013. Conflict in neighbourhoods of Aleppo, which has been shaken by war for nine months, has put an end to childhood for most youths and it is not uncommon to see young boys working in the streets.
A Syrian boy works at a garage in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 6, 2013. Conflict in neighbourhoods of Aleppo, which has been shaken by war for nine months, has put an end to childhood for most youths and it is not uncommon to see young boys working in the streets.
A Syrian boy sells sweets in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 6, 2013. Conflict in neighbourhoods of Aleppo, which has been shaken by war for nine months, has put an end to childhood for most youths and it is not uncommon to see young boys working in the streets.
A Syrian boy sells sweets in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 6, 2013. Conflict in neighbourhoods of Aleppo, which has been shaken by war for nine months, has put an end to childhood for most youths and it is not uncommon to see young boys working in the streets.
Syrian boys look at fish in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 6, 2013. Conflict in neighbourhoods of Aleppo, which has been shaken by war for nine months, has put an end to childhood for most youths and it is not uncommon to see young boys working in the streets.
Syrian boys look at fish in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 6, 2013. Conflict in neighbourhoods of Aleppo, which has been shaken by war for nine months, has put an end to childhood for most youths and it is not uncommon to see young boys working in the streets.
An Afghan boy sits on his cart as he waits for customers in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 7, 2013.
An Afghan boy sits on his cart as he waits for customers in the old town of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 7, 2013.
A boy works at a poppy field in Jalalabad province April 7, 2013.
A boy works at a poppy field in Jalalabad province April 7, 2013.

This gallery comprises images from various parts of the world showing different sides of child labour. — Photos by Agencies

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Pak
Apr 08, 2013 10:15pm
these boys will grow up to be tigers of future, unlike coauch potato that are most of the world today, when going get the tough the tough gets going and these are those boys
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