Egyptian quarrymen
In the limestone quarries of Minya province south of Cairo, labourers in sandals and makeshift masks use unsheathed rotor blades to gouge the white, fossil-rich rock into house bricks.
The workers in the snow-white landscape - farmers and university graduates among them - plan to strike next month.
Quarry workers wait for transport to work as dawn breaks in Shurafa village.
Quarry workers wait in a pick-up truck to be transported to work.
A worker holds a rotor blade in a storage room.
A man walks near a rotor blade used to cut through limestone.
A man is surrounded by a cloud of dust.
A masked worker protects himself from dust as best he can.
A labourer walks near bricks.
A worker masks his face to protect himself from the dust.
Workers rest momentarily.
A quarry worker stacks bricks.
A worker uses a machine with a rotor blade to cut limestone.
Workers extract limestone.
A labourer walks across bricks.
A masked worker walks across the quarry.
A worker drinks water.
The sun rises as men work in the quarry.
