IN PICTURES: The boat workers of Masirah Island
Published date: 12 September 2015 01:06 BST
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Last update: 9 years 2 months ago
A boat worker splashes water next to the hull of a boat off Masirah Island, Oman MEE/Jerzy Wierzbicki)
Bangladeshi workers scrapes algae from the hull of a boat off Masirah Island, Oman (MEE/Jerzy Wierzbicki)
A boat worker scrapes algae from the hull of a boat off Masirah Island, while a dhow boat can be seen behind (MEE/Jerzy Wierzbicki)
The tools used by the boat workers are very simple (MEE/Jerzy Wierzbicki)
The work is hard and conditions sometimes dangerous (MEE/Jerzy Wierzbicki)
A worker splashes water on the hull of the boat (MEE/Jerzy Wierzbicki)
Algae covers most of the broadside of the boat's hull and must be scraped off (MEE/Jerzy Wierzbicki)
The tools of the boat cleaners are basic (MEE/ Jerzy Wierzbicki)
A simple brush is used by a boat cleaner (MEE/ Jerzy Wierzbicki)
The work is hard and conditions sometimes dangerous (MEE/Jerzy Wierzbicki)
The workers are mostly from Chittagong in Bangladesh (MEE/Jerzy Wierzbicki)
The workers are mostly from Chittagong in Bangladesh (MEE/Jerzy Wierzbicki)
The tools of the boat cleaners are basic (MEE/ Jerzy Wierzbicki)
A group of workers in the water cleaning the boat (MEE/ Jerzy Wierzbicki)
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