Anti-War Protestors at Labour Party Conference Manchester Lancashire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Anti-War Protestors at Labour Party Conference 2008 Manchester Lancashire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Atumashi Kyaung Incomparable Monastery orginally built by King Mindun in 1857, gutted by fire in 1880 and rebuilt by convict labour, Mandalay, Myanmar Burma, Asia

Child labour, portrait of a young boy working in an incense factory on the Mekong River at Chau Doc, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

One of the last climbing chimney sweeps carrying a mattock for scraping the inside of chimneys, a brush to sweep the loose soot, and sacks for bagging up soot., Engraving from London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew (London, 1861)

Scalloway Castle built by forced labour by Earl Patrick in 1600, Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Police and Anti-War Protestors at Labour Party Conference Manchester Lancashire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

The Rubbish Carter. Rubbish collected in the city would be put into carts and taken to dust yards to be sorted by women and children who would extract anything that could be sold for recycling. Engraving from London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew (London, 1861).

View of Scalloway, ancient capital of Shetland, and Scalloway Castle built by forced labour by Earl Patrick in 1600, Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The London Scavenger. This man would sweep and clean streets, market places and pavements, picking up anything useful or valuable. Engraving from London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew (London, 1861).

The Able-Bodied Pauper Street-Sweeper. Pauper's were employed as street sweepers in London in return for support by the Parish. Engraving from London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew (London, 1861).

Police and Anti-War Protestors at Labour Party Conference 2008 Manchester Lancashire England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Germany, Neunkirchen (Saar), Blies, Saarland, Stumm Square, monument of Carl Ferdinand von Stumm, steel worker, labour monument

American Civil War Slave labour strengthening the fortifications of Savannah, Georgia Published in the Illustrated London News of 18 April 1863 Wood engraving

View of Scalloway, ancient capital of Shetland, and Scalloway Castle, built by forced labour by Earl Patrick in 1600, Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Rat-Catchers of the Sewers. Rat catchers were vital to keeping down the rat population in the London sewers. The rat catcher is using a candle with a simple wind shield to give him enough light to carry out his work. Engraving from London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew (London, 1861)

Many masais develop affections on their eyes Tribeman making fire using straws a knife and friction Masai Mara tribe around the Masai Mara National Park Kenya East Africa

Atumashi Kyaung Incomparable Monastery orginally built by King Mindun in 1857, gutted by fire in 1880 and rebuilt by convict labour, Mandalay, Myanmar Burma, Asia

Greek Islands fisherman mending nets Cephalonia Ionian sea Greece Europe EU Portrait of Greek fisherman untangling his fishing nets in Fiskardo harbour Kefalonia Greece

Atumashi Kyaung Incomparable Monastery orginally built by King Mindun in 1857, gutted by fire in 1880 and rebuilt by convict labour, Mandalay, Myanmar Burma, Asia

Scalloway Castle built by forced labour by Earl Patrick in 1600, Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Man and woman ploughing field Miniature from ancient Anglo Saxon manuscript Legend says God Spede ye Plough and send us Korne enow

The animals like the goat and the cow are the most important possesions for the tribe Animals are clean throughly and even brought inside the village at night Masai Mara tribe around the Masai Mara National Park Kenya East Africa

Scalloway Castle built by forced labour by Earl Patrick in 1600, Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Flushing a London sewer. The men are dressed in oilskins and hold bull's eye lanterns to give them enough light to carry out their work. Engraving from London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew (London, 1861).

Scalloway Castle built by forced labour by Earl Patrick in 1600, Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Thanks to foreign aid and projects such as the ones developed in the Small Grants Programme from the United Nations local communities such as this remote village have access to water Masai Mara tribe around the Masai Mara National Park Kenya East Africa

The Sewer Hunter. This man eked out a living by hunting in the sewers for anything he could sell, such as a lost ring. To give him light to do his work he is using a candle with a simple wind shield. Engraving from London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew (London, 1861).

Slave labour on a sugar plantation in the West Indies. Cane taken to vertical crushing mill powered by oxen. Juice extracted flows to boiling house where liquid boiled and refined. From Pierre Pomet A Compleat History of Drugs, 1725, Engraving

Slave labour loading sacks of cotton on cart to be taken for dressing and ginning. Southern states of USA. 1860 Wood engraving

Putting cotton bolls through whipping press before putting it through a saw gin. Slave plantation labour in southern states of America. Woodcut 1860

Boy crossing sweepers. Both adults and children of the poorest classes tended particular road crossings and, for payment, would sweep the road of dirt and horse droppings so that pedestrians could cross without getting their feet dirty. Engraving from London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhe