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Idols for the Kali Puja festival being made in Kumartoli (Potter's Town), Kolkata, India. They're hand-made from straw forms and sculpted clay from the nearby Hooghly River.
Idols being made in Kumartoli (Potter's Town) for the Kali Puja festival, Kolkata, India. They're made by hand with straw forms and clay from the nearby Hooghly River.
Paper recycling along the Hooghly River near Barabazar, Kolkata, India. The facility handles textbooks, newspapers, school papers, and office papers. They separate out high quality newspaper pages and inserts, which are sold to the thousands of food vendors in Kolkata to wrap street food in.
Interior view of South City Mall in Kolkata, India at Christmas, including a diarama with Santa Claus. South City is the largest mall in East India. Christmas is celebrated enthusiastically in Kolkata.
A woman harvests wildflowers near the Dhapa dumping grounds in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. Dhapa is the primary landfill for Kolkata's 13 million residents.
Sunset over open water and palm trees near Chingrihata, in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
A silhouetted bird carries a small fish to a perch atop a stick, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
A farming family on an old three-wheel motorcycle pass in front of the Dhapa Dumping Grounds, the primary landfill for Kolkata, India.
Children in a "slum" in the Muchipara area of Kolkata, India. Many people in the community make sandals, including the children.
Children ride the bikes on a rural road near the Dhapa Dumping Ground, the primary landfill for Kolkata, India.
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 toddler is weighed at a clinic in Pailan, Kolkata, India. Early childhood malnutrition is epidemic in India.
A baby doll sits disheveled in a garbage bin, like something from a scary movie, near Newmarket, Kolkata, India.
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.
Drying eather on a rooftop in a "slum" in Chamrapatti, Kolkata, India. Leather tanning for handbags and purses is the main activity in the community.
Portrait of a girl in the Fakir Bagan neigborhood of Howrah, India, in an area served by the NGO Calcutta Kids (calcuttakids.org)
A fisherman in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. They use the poles for propulsion and to scare up fish by beating the water.
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 huge line of Hindu pilgrims wait to board a ferry to leave the Gangasagar Mela on Sagar Island for the mainland back to Kolkata, India. The Gangasagar Mela (festival) is a pilgrimage to Sagar Island, where the Ganges River meets the sea.
Farmer leads cows down a rural road near the Dhapa dumping ground, the main landfill for Kolkata, India.
A boy hold up a drawing he made at the Child In Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org) drop-in shelter at Sealdah Railway Station, Kolkata, India
A shantytown on the banks of a small lake that is locally referred to as Kalighatpur, near Science City in Kolkata, India.
Portrait of a mother and her baby at the Thursday clinic at the CINI office (cinindia.org) in Pailan, Kolkata, India. Taken January 2013.
Child In Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org) drop-in shelter at Sealdah Station, Kolkata, India. Taken December 2012.
A baby is weighed at a clinic operated by Child in Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org) in Pailan, Kolkata, India
Distant view of a group of women in saris walking on a footpath in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Royal Enfield motorcycle near a taxi in Kolkata, India. Enfields are popular in Kolkata and throughout India.
A woman is silhouetted as she walks along a path on a foggy morning in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
A baby is weighed at a clinic in Pailan, Kolkata, India. Early childhood malnutrition is epidemic in India.
Children near the Kakdwip railway station south of Kolkata, India wait to catch coins thrown by pilgrims arriving from the Gangasagar Mela (festival) on nearby Sagar Island.
A stray dog sits in a pile of leather in the Chamrapatti slum area of Kolkata, India. Leather tanning is the predominant activity in the area.
A mother and baby get a checkup at the MYCHI Clinic in the Fakir Bagan neighborhood of Howrah, India. The clinic is operated by the NGO Calcutta Kids (calcuttakids.org)
A boy in Kolkata, India sits by an idol of Sai Baba at a staging ground for the pilgrimage to the Gangasagar Mela south of Kolkata.
Farmers transporting cauliflower on old three-wheel motorcycles pass in front of the Dhapa Dumping Grounds, the primary landfill for Kolkata, India.
A litter of stray puppies on the Maidan (a large park in central Kolkata), near Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India.
Portrait of a plucky girl in the Fakir Bagan neigborhood of Howrah, India, in an area served by the NGO Calcutta Kids (calcuttakids.org)
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.
People play cards atop a house in a slum area in Ward 66, Muchipara, Kolkata, India. Many people in the community make sandals.
Portrait of a girl in the Fakir Bagan neigborhood of Howrah, India, in an area served by the NGO Calcutta Kids (calcuttakids.org)
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 huge line of Hindu pilgrims wait to board a ferry to leave the Gangasagar Mela on Sagar Island for the mainland back to Kolkata, India. The Gangasagar Mela (festival) is a pilgrimage to Sagar Island, where the Ganges River meets the sea.
A group of men on a sidewalk gather around a fire for warmth, in the Sovabazar nieghborhood of Kolkata, India.
Child In Need Institute (CINI, cinindia.org) Right to Play event, Dec. 20, 2012, Rani Rashmani Rd. in Esplanade, 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.
Wild marijuana (Cannabis sativa) growing on the side of the road in Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Children near the Kakdwip railway station south of Kolkata, India wait to catch coins thrown by pilgrims arriving from the Gangasagar Mela (festival) on nearby Sagar Island.
Workers build a brick path through crop fields near the town of Bantala, East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.
Women in saris pick wildflowers near the tiny village of Bantala, in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India. They're working within 50 meters of the massive Dhapa landfill.
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.
