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  • 30
    Oct
    2012
    2:50pm, EDT

    1.6 million Egyptian children work, activists worry number will grow

    Khalil Hamra / AP

    An Egyptian child stands in front of a tire repair shop where he works in Cairo, Egypt. Photo taken on Oct. 2.

    Khalil Hamra / AP

    An Egyptian girl fills water containers at a pottery workshop in old Cairo. Photo taken on Oct. 18.

    The Egyptian government estimates that 1.6 million minors work - almost 10 percent of the population aged 17 or under. Other experts put the number at nearly twice that.

    Some child labor activists worry that protections for children could be loosened further under the new constitution still being written. Earlier this month, the Egyptian Coalition for Children's Rights warned that early drafts of the document did not include as firm prohibitions on child labor as past constitutions.

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    Khalil Hamra / AP

    An Egyptian child helps his father to load a donkey cart with hay in a farm at the outskirts of Qalyobiya, 27 miles north of Cairo, Egypt. Photo captured on Oct. 17.

    Khalil Hamra / AP

    An Egyptian child loads a cart with cement bricks in a brick factory at the outskirts of Qalyobiya, 27 miles north of Cairo.

    Khalil Hamra / AP

    An Egyptian child carries a clay roof tile in a pottery workshop in old Cairo. Photo captured on Oct. 18.

    Khalil Hamra / AP

    An Egyptian child takes a tea break during his work at a mechanics workshop in Cairo, Egypt. Photo captured Oct. 4.

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    1.6 million Egyptian children work A lot of Democrats could learn a thing or two from these kids.

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  • 12
    Jun
    2012
    6:51pm, EDT

    Fifth generation blacksmith brothers forge Swiss Guard harnesses

    Lisi Niesner / Reuters

    Blacksmith Georg Schmidberger works on a harness for the Vatican Swiss Guard at his workshop in Molln, Upper Austria on June 12.

    Lisi Niesner / Reuters

    Blacksmith Johann Schmidberger works on a harness for the Vatican Swiss Guard.

    Lisi Niesner / Reuters

    Blacksmith Georg Schmidberger works on a harness for the Vatican Swiss Guard.

    Lisi Niesner / Reuters

    Blacksmith brothers Johann and Georg Schmidberger work on a harness for the Vatican Swiss Guard at their workshop in Molln, Upper Austria on June 12.

    By Jon Sweeney, NBC News

    Blacksmith brothers Johann and Georg Schmidberger produce made-to-order handmade harnesses for the Vatican Swiss Guard.

    Each piece takes 120 hours of handiwork and they hardly differ from the 500-year-old originals. The brothers carry on the tradition of the blacksmith trade in the fifth generation of their family.

    Lisi Niesner / Reuters

    Hammers are pictured at a workshop in Molln, Upper Austria where handmade harnesses for the Vatican Swiss Guard are produced.

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  • 20
    Apr
    2012
    4:38pm, EDT

    Hauling bricks in Katmandu

    Niranjan Shrestha / AP

    Nepalese men work at a brick factory in Imadol on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal on April 20.

    Niranjan Shrestha / AP

    A woman worker holds bricks at a brick factory in Imadol on the outskirts of Katmandu.

    Niranjan Shrestha / AP

    A Nepalese man carries bricks on his head at a brick factory in Imadol.

    Niranjan Shrestha / AP

    A donkey carries bricks at a brick factory in Imadol.

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  • 12
    Mar
    2012
    8:19pm, EDT

    Brick making in Katmandu, Nepal

    Niranjan Shrestha / AP

    Nepalese women carry bricks to a brick factory in Bungmati on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal on March 12.

    Niranjan Shrestha / AP

    A Nepalese man works at a brick factory in Bungmati on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal.

    Niranjan Shrestha / AP

    A Nepalese woman carries her child on her back as she works at a brick factory in Bungmati on the outskirts of Katmandu.

    Niranjan Shrestha / AP

    A Nepalese man walks on an iron bridge in Bungmati on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal on March 12.

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    The wording is somewhat confusing, but I don't think the caption is wrong. How to make a brick:1) Right mix of materials (whether mixing or quarrying)2) Put it in a Mold3) Let dry4) Burn it (Kiln) In the first picture they could be doing steps 1, 2 and as little as 3 as possible before taking it …

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