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6 December 2025

A worker stands next to a municipal cleaning cart bearing the phrase ''Keep Venice Clean,'' with reflections of brightly lit storefronts visible on the wet stone pavement in the narrow alley. This scene takes place in Venice, Veneto, Italy, on November 16, 2025, and shows essential municipal service workers managing cleanliness in the car-free city.

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#13065762

6 December 2025

A worker stands next to a municipal cleaning cart bearing the phrase ''Keep Venice Clean,'' with reflections of brightly lit storefronts visible on the wet stone pavement in the narrow alley. This scene takes place in Venice, Veneto, Italy, on November 16, 2025, and shows essential municipal service workers managing cleanliness in the car-free city.

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#13049328

2 December 2025

A sanitation worker guides a refuse collection truck operating in a narrow historic street in Florence, Tuscany, Italy, on November 22, 2025. The scene highlights the challenges of waste management and essential services operating within the Tuscan historic center, indicated by the ''ZTL CLOSED'' sign and pedestrian traffic.

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#13024329

25 November 2025

Workers from Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) clean and collect garbage, mostly plastic items like polythene carry bags, thrown at the roadside in Siliguri, India, on November 25, 2025. The use of polythene carry bags and plastic, which are also non-perishable items, is a major problem for society and the environment.

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#12977927

11 November 2025

A sanitation worker climbs a pile of garbage at a temporary waste disposal site on Dakota Street in Bandung City, Indonesia, on November 11, 2025. The waste buildup occurs after garbage trucks are unable to access the Sarimukti landfill. The situation causes trash heaps at several temporary waste disposal site locations to rise over three meters high, nearly spilling onto the road, posing health risks and hazards to motorists and nearby residents.

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#12977931

11 November 2025

A sanitation worker climbs a pile of garbage at a temporary waste disposal site on Dakota Street in Bandung City, Indonesia, on November 11, 2025. The waste buildup occurs after garbage trucks are unable to access the Sarimukti landfill. The situation causes trash heaps at several temporary waste disposal site locations to rise over three meters high, nearly spilling onto the road, posing health risks and hazards to motorists and nearby residents.

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#12915379

27 October 2025

An employee of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation collects plastic waste along a road in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on October 27, 2025.

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#12903452

25 October 2025

A public garbage dumping site is full due to a nationwide strike in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 24, 2025. The protest, organized by several unions, disrupts schools, hospitals, and municipal waste collection across the country as workers demand higher wages and improved working conditions. The strike underscores growing tensions in Portugal's public sector amid inflation and cost-of-living pressures.

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#12903454

25 October 2025

A public garbage dumping site is full due to a nationwide strike in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 24, 2025. The protest, organized by several unions, disrupts schools, hospitals, and municipal waste collection across the country as workers demand higher wages and improved working conditions. The strike underscores growing tensions in Portugal's public sector amid inflation and cost-of-living pressures.

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25 October 2025

A public garbage dumping site is full due to a nationwide strike in Lisbon, Portugal, on October 24, 2025. The protest, organized by several unions, disrupts schools, hospitals, and municipal waste collection across the country as workers demand higher wages and improved working conditions. The strike underscores growing tensions in Portugal's public sector amid inflation and cost-of-living pressures.

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#12894060

22 October 2025

A municipal worker unloads a cart filled with garbage and household waste items on a roadside used as a temporary dumping site in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on October 22, 2025.

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#12894061

22 October 2025

A municipal worker unloads a cart filled with garbage and household waste items on a roadside used as a temporary dumping site in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on October 22, 2025.

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#12836186

6 October 2025

Municipal workers empty a container into a garbage truck outside an apartment block damaged by a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on October 5, 2025. Russian troops attack the southeastern city with drones and guided bombs, damaging residential buildings, houses, and cars. One person is killed and ten people are injured.

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#12781037

21 September 2025

A worker burns a pile of garbage at a plastic recycling factory as nine-year-old Shima stands nearby while working with her parents at a roadside factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on September 21, 2025. Children are more vulnerable to air pollution as their lungs are not yet fully developed.

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#12781040

21 September 2025

A worker burns a pile of garbage at a plastic recycling factory as nine-year-old Shima reacts to the camera while working with her parents at a roadside factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on September 21, 2025. Children are more vulnerable to air pollution as their lungs are not yet fully developed.

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#12781041

21 September 2025

A worker burns a pile of garbage at a plastic recycling factory as five-year-old Yasmin plays at the roadside facility where she lives with her parents and two siblings in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on September 21, 2025. Children are more vulnerable to air pollution as their lungs are not yet fully developed.

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