Vietnamese worker setting up scaffolding on a construction site, Tan Chau, Vietnam

Colourfully dressed woman worker, Gulab Bagh (Sajjan Niwas Garden), Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Women carrying fodder, village of Taifest, Ounila River valley, Ouarzazate Province, region of Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco

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

Farmer using pair of oxen to plough field for lentil crop in fields at Nimaj, Rajasthan, Northern India

Farmer using pair of oxen to plough field for lentil crop in fields at Nimaj, Rajasthan, Northern India

House being built in conservation area, Hutongs Area, Beijing, China

Workmen carry out repair work in Xian, China

Workman carries out restoration repairs at City of Ghosts, Fengdu, China

Man carries farmed salt in traditional shoulder baskets, Bangkok, Thailand

Workmen carry out repair work on The City Wall, Xian, China

Building site Guilin, China

Builders and roofers viewed from The City Wall, Xian, China

New houses under construction in Xian, China

House being built in conservation area, Hutongs Area, Beijing, China

Building site Guilin, China

Building site near Fuli, China

House being renovated in conservation area, Hutongs Area, Beijing, China

House being renovated in conservation area, Hutongs Area, Beijing, China

Day labourer, hard labour in Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Inhabitants of a mountain village building a road with the assistance of an aid organisation, they want to link their village to the main road to allow economic development in the community, Bordes, Leogane, Ouest Department, Haiti, Caribbean, Central Ame

Iron man, sculpture at a mine, Darkhan, Mongolia, Asia

Firefighters extinguishing the fire of two burned-out trucks on the A8 motorway, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Lumberjack secured by a rope felling a tree piece by piece with a chainsaw, Germany, Europe

The statue in front of the Beihai Tunnel tourist attraction depicts the hard work done to create the former miliatry installation in Nangan Island of the Matsu archipelago in Taiwan

Electronics recycler Global Investment Recovery facility in Salley, South Carolina. The building was formally the Salley Manufacturing Plant, an apparel company that closed and moved operations to Honduras leaving about 100 people out of work. Global Investment Recovery refurbished the building and stated a state-of-the-art electronics recycling operation. They process all of the South Carolina government e-scrap for 21 cents a pound. Scott Dillon cleaning processors, most of which will be sold for reuse. On the right side is hard drives that are wiped 7 times and will be resold. Terry Davis shrink wraps monitors, most of which will be sent overseas for reuse.

Rice planting, Madagascar.