Street barbers around the world - in pictures

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Having his shop demolished in a slum clearance programme does not deter this barber from plying his trade Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters

Islambad, Pakistan: Children are reflected in a street barber's mirror, as men fix a rooftop in a shanty town district Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Rangoon, Burma: A buddhist monk shaves a fellow monk's head Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP

Abbottabad, Pakistan: Barber Mohammed Arif shaves a customer Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Krasnoyarsk, Russia: Volunteer barber and schoolgirl Katya Tsigelnikova cuts the hair of Hayyim Broy, a 87-year-old Red Army veteran in his apartment on the eve of Victory Day Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

Islamabad, Pakistan: A man gets a moustache tweak from a street barber Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Kilis, Turkey: A Syrian refugee is shaved by another refugee working as a barber in a space between containers at a refugee camp named Container City. So many refugees have fled the violence in Syria that Turkey has begun accepting international aid to help share the cost of the caring for the nearly 25,000 Syrians, including rebel fighters, who have crossed the border Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters

Abbottabad, Pakistan: A man has his hair beard trimmed at a barber shop Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

Shanghai, China: A barber cuts the hair of a costumer in a backstreet alley Photograph: Eugene Hoshiko/AP

New Delhi, India: A barber talks to a friend as he applies after-shave to a customer Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Islamabad, Pakistan: A barber cuts a customer's hair in what appears to be the middle of a forest Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Islamabad, Pakistan: A man gets a trim at a roadside hairdresser Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Rangoon, Burma: A barber trims hair in a shop in Rangoon Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP

Lahore, Pakistan: A Pakistani street barber shaves a customer. It is remains unclear if the camels are waiting in line for a short back and sides, too Photograph: K.M. Chaudary/AP

Havana, Cuba: A privately licensed barber attends to a customer on a Havana pavement. The barber is an example of how life is changing in Cuba since President Raul Castro launched a string of limited economic reforms, legalising certain kinds of businesses, including restaurants, hostels and street vendors Photograph: Desmond Boylan/Reuters

New Delhi, India: A man gets a shave from a street barber Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP