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Child labour around the world

Cocoa drying in Ivory Coast.
A mural advocating against child labour adorns the walls of cocoa warehouse in Ivory Coast. Jbdodane / Alamy Stock Photo
A boy aged 7 collects recyclable materials at a dumpsite in Marelan, Medan, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia.
A boy aged seven collects recyclable materials at a dumpsite in Marelan in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Keystone / Dedi Sinuhaji
Amina, 9 years old, poses for a photograph as she works at a local brick factory on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.
A nine-year-old girl who works at a brick factory on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. AP
Work in the cotton fields of Cote D Ivoire, (Ivory Coast).
Many children also work in the cotton fields in Ivory Coast. Keystone / Novarc Images / Nicolás Marino
Children harvesting tea leaves, Kenya.
Children harvesting tea leaves in Kenya. Ton Koene, Vw Pics/science Photo Library
Some of the children who are into gold panning along the Odzi River in Mutare, Zimbabwe.
Children panning for gold along the Odzi River in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Keystone / Aaron Ufumeli
Jean Claude Niyibizi, 13 years old, is cutting grass to feed the cows of his parents.
A 13-year-old cuts grass to feed the family's cows in the Rulindo district of northern Rwanda. Afp
Jordanian teenager, Omar, 14, fixes a kerosene heater in a workshop where he works in Amman.
A 14-year-old fixes a kerosene heater in a workshop where he works in Amman, Jordan. Afp
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Born in England, I've lived in Switzerland since 1994. I trained as a graphic designer in Zurich between 1997 – 2002. More recently I have moved on to work as photo editor and joined the team at swissinfo.ch in March 2017.

Work – including illegal and hazardous activities – is a reality for 218 million children around the world.

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