23 year old mother of 3 Samah sitting in a pile of rubbish on the ground floor of her home

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She sorts through the stinking vegetables and rotting vegetables for items to recycle She has done it all day every day since she was 12 and expects to do it every day for the rest of her life

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Size: 3543px × 5312px
Location: Moqqatam, Cairo, Egypt
Photo credit: © Richard Splash / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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