Transporting a precarious load through Beijing, China, Asia

Portait of local girl carrying a large bundle of wheat and yellow Meskel flowers, Simien Mountains, The Ethiopian Highlands, Ethiopia, Africa

Portait of local girl carrying a large bundle of wheat and yellow Meskel flowers, Simien Mountains, The Ethiopian Highlands, Ethiopia, Africa

Group of women, Village of Masango, Cibitoke Province, Burundi, Africa

A girl carries a bundle of freshly harvested wheat on her head, near Pindaya in Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Farmer, Adams Peak, Sri Lanka, Asia

A woman carries a bundle of freshly harvested rice in north east India, India, Asia

Women and children walking on a country road, carrying bundles of firewood, Chautara, north of Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Woman carrying fodder on road from Telouet to Ait Ben Haddou, Ounila River valley, Ouarzazate Province, region of Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco

Four women walking along the road, carrying large bundles of harvested rice on their head, Koraput district, Orissa (Odisha), India, Asia

Portrait of local villager collecting Bamboo, Isalo, Madagascar, Africa

Landscape of Isalo National Park, Madagascar, Africa

Woman carrying fodder on road from Telouet to Ait Ben Haddou, Ounila River valley, Ouarzazate Province, Draa-Tafilalet region, Morocco

Fisherman carrying sticks for fish harvest on shore of Rozmberk Pond on foggy morning, Rozmberk Pond, UNESCO Biosphere, Trebon, Jindrichuv Hradec District, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Boy fetching wood in Takpatchiomey, Couffo, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Portrait of local villager collecting Bamboo, Isalo, Madagascar, Africa

Local villagers collecting Bamboo, Isalo, Madagascar, Africa

Man walking carrying heavy bundles of rice straw past fertile smallholdings full of vegetables on the slopes central Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Young girl carrying large bundle of branches on her head, Zomba Plateau, Malawi, Africa

Lucerne crop being gathered for animal forage by local agricultural workers in fields at Nimaj, Rajasthan, Northern India

Lucerne crop being carried for animal forage by local agricultural workers in fields at Nimaj, Rajasthan, Northern India

Lucerne crop being gathered for animal forage by local agricultural workers in fields at Nimaj, Rajasthan, Northern India

Ifugao man carrying a bundle of Rattan that he has cut from the mountainside, Banaue, Luzon,Philippines.

Kasepuhan musicians carrying rice bundles at annual rice festival Seren Tahun, West Java, Indonesia

Kasepuhan musician carrying rice bundles at annual rice festival Seren Tahun, West Java, Indonesia

Kasepuhan musicians carrying rice bundles at annual rice festival Seren Tahun, West Java, Indonesia

Elderly lady collecting straw in a field, near Minnanthu village, Bagan, Myanmar, (Burma)

Woman carrying fire wood, Kabini, Karnataka, India

Karnataka woman walking on the beach carrying a bundle on her head, Goa, India

Karnataka woman walking on the beach carrying a bundle on her head, Goa, India

Man and donkey carrying brushwood, Adi-Teklezan, Anseba Region, Eritrea

Ari girl carrying bundle of brushwood, Jinka, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

Transplanting rice, Battambang, Cambodia

An Indian man pauses to pose for the camera while carrying a large bundle of leaves on his back with a strap across his head, Sikkim, India

Indian woman with covered face carries a large bundle of branches on her head, Kishan Ghjat, Rajasthan, India

Workers carry large sacks on their backs down a path, Sikkim, India