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A man lies bleeding on the Sealdah railway station platform in Kolkata, India. He remained there for about an hour before an ambulance arrived. The nature of the injury is unkown.
A woman makes sandals surrounded by happy faces in a slum area in Ward 66, Muchipara, Kolkata, India.
Workers build a brick path through crop fields near the town of Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Girl in a slum area in Ward 66, Muchipara, Kolkata, India. Many people in the community make sandals.
Primitive furnaces in the East Kolkata Wetlands near Bantala burn scrap leather from handbag factories, Kolkata, India. The furnaces belch out thick smoke day in and day out, contributing to Kolkata's poor air quality.
A man fogs (sprays) for mosquitos at the Kolkata International Trade Fair, at Science City, Kolkata, India.
Workers carry baskets of leather scraps to be incinerated near the town of Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. There are more than a dozen furnaces putting out large volumes of toxic smoke all day, and workers wear no protection.
A slum area on the railway tracks near New Alipore Station, Kolkata, India. Many slum areas in Kolkata focus on an industry, like laundry here. Train activity is much less in Kolkata than in Mumbai. I don't think something like this could exist in Mumbai.
Plastic burns in a fire at the Dhapa landfill, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the main landfill for Kolkata's 13 million people.
A group of men on a sidewalk gather around a fire for warmth, in the Sovabazar nieghborhood of Kolkata, India.
Pilgrims ride a train from Kolkata to Sagar Island, India for the Gangasagar Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage that attracts a million people.
Boy at the Child In Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org) drop-in shelter at Sealdah Railway Station, Kolkata, India
Girl at the Amader Bari shelter operated by Child in Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org), Kolkata, India.