Indian men making house bricks by hand using a mould and wet clay / mud. Drying them in the sun before firing them hard. Andhra Pradesh, India

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In rural india they make bricks using wet red clay and compress this mixture into moulds before leaving to dry in the sun. They then stack these dried bricks and lights fires under them to bake them hard.

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Location: Andhra Pradesh, India
Photo credit: © Tim Gainey / Alamy / Afripics
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