Laundry hanging out to dry in Zi Zhong Road, the old French Concession Quarter of Shanghai, China

Domestic chores without modern electrical appliances - a woman washing up by hand using cold water from an outdoor tap. Street scene in Bhutan.

Laundry hanging out to dry in Zi Zhong Road, the old French Concession Quarter of Shanghai, China

A woman hanging out washing in Corfu.

Woman cleans pots and pans at her makeshift homeon the street in Delhi, India.

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,

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,

Old woman cooking outside, Yay Kyi village, Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Soapnuts Sapindus Mukorossi - biological detergent

A man sawing pieces of wood with a chainsaw

Sculpture of a woman at a sink, El Caminito street, La Boca district, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America

Man takes clothes out of the washing machine

Washing machine with laundry

A broom sitting outside a doorway, Lhasa xizang china