Piyal Adhikary/EPA

Pulin Mondal stores a coin in his mouth while collecting money from the polluted river Adi Ganga next to the Kalighat temple in Calcutta, India, on October 9. Every day more than fifty people collect coins tossed into the river by devotees, earning about a dollar per day each.

I appreciate it when photographers offer a window into a lifestyle I didn't know about, such as this man's difficult way to make a living. A telling detail is the repair work to his glasses.

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