Traditional Indian professional hand laundry, Dhobi Ghat, in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India

Traditional Indian professional hand laundry, Dhobi Ghat, and laundryman hanging clothes to dry in Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, India

Traditional Indian professional hand laundry, Dhobi Ghat, in Mahalaxmi area of Mumbai, India

Indian hand laundry, Dhobi Ghat, and laundrymen with traditional flogging stones to wash clothing at Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, India

Indian hand laundry, Dhobi Ghat, and laundrymen using traditional flogging stones to wash clothing at Mahalaxmi, Mumbai, India

Washing hanging out to dry in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This is an area along the Coffee Bay road in a region formerly known as the Transkei,

A Xhosa woman hangs out her washing to dry in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This is an area along the Coffee Bay road in a region formerly known as the Transkei,

street scene, in Dasaswamedh Ghat, Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Tending the Laundry for drying, Dasaswamedh Ghat, in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Tending the Laundry for drying, Dasaswamedh Ghat, in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Tending the Laundry for drying, Dasaswamedh Ghat, in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

White handed Gibbon (Hylobates lar) in captivity screaming and clinging with its hand to the fence

Northern White-cheeked Gibbon (Hylobates leucogenys), female adult calling in tree, Asia