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The brick works IV

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Back from England, and I promised to finish the series dedicated to the brick workers of Bangladesh.

Brick-making provides a better income than agriculture or other jobs available in rural Bangladesh, but it is dangerous and often devastating to workers' health.
Accidents are common and workers have no protective gear, save for what they are able to cobble together themselves. 

Workers toil to keep pace with the country's construction boom and to make their daily quota often working long hours..