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Men work at a facility burning scrap leather in the East Kolkata Wetlands near the rural town of Bantala, Kolkata, India.
A slum area in Ward 65, Chamrapatti, Kolkata, India. Leather tanning for handbags and purses is the main activity in the community. Child In Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org) works in the area.
Child In Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org) Right to Play event, Dec. 20, 2012, Rani Rashmani Rd. in Esplanade, Kolkata, India
A woman takes photographs on a foggy winter morning in the East Kolkata Wetlands near Chingrihata, 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.
Workers melt down and stir asphalt to be recycled, near the Dhapa landfill, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Hyacinth lines the banks of shallow lakes in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. In the distance is the planned satellite city of Salt Lake City.
A baby is weighed at a clinic operated by Child in Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org) in Pailan, Kolkata, India
Children walk atop a fence at a lake locally referred to as Kalighatpur, near Science City in Kolkata, India. A shantytown lines the banks of the lake.
Burning piles of scrap metal near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of Kolkata's largest landfill, and numerous recycling and incineration operations.
Children walk atop a fence at a lake locally referred to as Kalighatpur, near Science City in Kolkata, India. A shantytown lines the banks of the lake.
A darling baby at her house in the Fakir Bagan neighborhood of Howrah, India, in an area served by the NGO Calcutta Kids (calcuttakids.org)
A girl at a shelter for homeless or otherwise at-risk girls in Amader Bari, Kolkata, India. She had just arrived at the shelter this day.