Work takes all forms around the world. Here are some tasks most Americans have never done or conceived of.

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1 Bringing water buffalo from fields, near Bantaeng, Sulawesi

2 Haughty camel after delivering cotton, on road to Agra, india

3 Sleepy girl in mother’s weaving shop, Karen village, north Thailand

4 Moving fences to keep pigs out of fields, Minh Tho’ village, Viet Nam

5 100 miles round trip to the sea to sell fish in Rantepao, Tana Toraja, Sulawesi

 

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