A labourer chips away at a seam of coalPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APA young woman stumbles as she tries to carry a large basket of coal Photograph: Kevin Frayer/APMore coal scavenging at an open-cast mine Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP
Men stand next to the glowing embers of an underground coal firePhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APA coal scavenger carries a block of coalPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APPeople carry baskets of stolen coalPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APStray dogs stand on earth that has been scorched by underground coal firesPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APA labourer chips away at a seam of coalPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APLabourers carry baskets of coalPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APYoung coal scavengers stand together next to a burning pile of coalPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APCoal scavengers warm themselves by a pile of burning coalPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APA man and his child try to keep warm next to small piles of burning coalPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APNew apartments in Belgarhia in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand built by the government to house relocated coal scavengers and residents of the Jharia districtPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APA building demolished by the authorities to keep residents from returning to BokapahariPhotograph: Kevin Frayer/APA person keeps warm beside piles of burning coal Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP
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