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Selling Scraps & Weighing People

Selling Scraps & Weighing People by Wen-Yan King.
In Asia's poorest country, where the average annual income is just $270 USD (compared to $41,400 in the US), poverty shows it's face in many streets of Kathmandu.

Pictured here, a man squats as he waits for customers to weigh themselves on his scale for a few rupees and while trying to sell various nail clippers, locks and other found objects.

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Tashi Delek says:

Really powerful picture..
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

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