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Garbage in the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. This is one of the most revered stretches of India's holiest river.
A man drives barrels past a fire in Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the site of Kolkata's largest landfill, and numerous recycling and incineration operations.
In a gorgeous and totally candid scene, a woman and her two daughters pick flowers on a farm in Dhapa, directly opposite the main landfill for 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.
Farmers transporting cauliflower on old three-wheel motorcycles pass in front of the Dhapa Dumping Grounds, the primary landfill for Kolkata, India.
Workers melt down and stir asphalt to be recycled, near the Dhapa landfill, East Kolkata Wetlands, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Foamy, dirty water in an unnamed creek near Bantala and Dhapa, Kolkata, India. The area is home to the main landfill for Kolkata, and a large number of small recycling operations, as well as leather incinerators. Pollution in the area is extreme.
A family picks flowers in Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Behind them is the Dhapa Dumping Ground, the primary landfill for Kolkata's 13 million people.
Plastic burns in a fire at the Dhapa landfill, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is the main landfill for Kolkata's 13 million people.
Air pollution from smelters and fires near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is also the site of Kolkata's largest landfill.
Air pollution over the tallest buildings in Kolkata, India - the 35-story apartment complex near South City Malls.
Air pollution from smelters and fires near Dhapa, Kolkata, India. Dhapa is also the site of Kolkata's largest landfill.
A woman in the Lord's More neighborhood of Kolkata, India burns a pile of polystyrene styrofoam, letting of a cloud of black smoke.
A man stirs a leather incinerator against a backdrop of electrical towers and the setting sun, near the town of Bantala, in the East Kolkata Wetlands, Kolkata, India.