Cotton sari being hung out to dry across village house wall, rural Orissa, India, Asia

Tobacco hung out to dry, Vinales, Cuba

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

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

Octopi hung out to dry, Nerja, Costa del Sol, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

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

A boy looks at some small fish he has hung out to dry, Uganda, Africa