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#13318839
14 February 2026
A rag picker child inhales dendrite while he collects plastics and other garbage thrown at a roadside area in Siliguri, India, on February 14, 2026.
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31 January 2026
A rag picker boy searches and collects items from the garbage thrown at the roadside in Siliguri, India, on January 31, 2026. Urban India generates 62 million tons of trash annually. This includes 5.6 million tons of plastic waste, of which only 8% is recycled. On the front lines of India's daily battle with mounting waste, there is an estimated 1.5 million-strong army of rag pickers.
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#13207457
17 January 2026
A ragpicker searches for recyclable plastic at a roadside temporary dumping site in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 17, 2026. Kashmir is in the grip of an intense cold wave.
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30 December 2025
A ragpicker searches for plastic waste at a roadside used as a temporary dumping site in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on December 30, 2025.
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19 October 2025
Street children collect plastic bottles from the trash dump in Kolkata, India, on October 19, 2025.
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#12881461
19 October 2025
A female rag picker is seen with her collected recyclable plastic items placed near as idol makers sell idols of Goddess Kali placed at the roadside for the Kali Puja festival in Siliguri, India, on October 19, 2025. Kali Puja, as well as Diwali, is also celebrated in various parts of India.
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#12881464
19 October 2025
A female rag picker is seen with her collected recyclable plastic items placed near as idol makers sell idols of Goddess Kali placed at the roadside for the Kali Puja festival in Siliguri, India, on October 19, 2025. Kali Puja, as well as Diwali, is also celebrated in various parts of India.
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#12616355
4 August 2025
A child rag picker searches and collects plastic bottles and other reusable items at a roadside garbage dump in Siliguri, India, on August 4, 2025.
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#12590661
27 July 2025
A rag picker searches for recyclable materials at roadside household dumps in Siliguri, India, on July 27, 2025.
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#12548099
12 July 2025
A rag picker collects plastic items and bottles thrown by tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on July 12, 2025
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#12523600
2 July 2025
Garbage piles up outside restaurants waiting to be picked up in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on June 26, 2025.
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#12523601
2 July 2025
Cardboard piles outside restaurants waiting to be picked up in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on June 26, 2025.
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#12523602
2 July 2025
Garbage piles up outside restaurants waiting to be picked up in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, on June 26, 2025.
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#12521403
1 July 2025
A man swims through the heavily polluted waters of the Mithi River while towing a makeshift raft filled with recyclable plastic waste in Mumbai, India, on July 1, 2025. Informal waste pickers often risk their health navigating toxic water bodies to collect and sell discarded materials for survival.
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#12521405
1 July 2025
A man swims through the heavily polluted waters of the Mithi River while towing a makeshift raft filled with recyclable plastic waste in Mumbai, India, on July 1, 2025. Informal waste pickers often risk their health navigating toxic water bodies to collect and sell discarded materials for survival.
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#12292939
22 April 2025
Rag pickers and laborers are seen at the garbage and recyclable items collection area in Siliguri, India, on April 22, 2025, on the occasion of World Earth Day.
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