Emotional connectA surgical assistant and nurse accompany obesity specialist Dr Muffazal Lakdawala during a bariatric surgery in Mumbai. Jobs like that of nurses and caregivers, which invol...Image by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
Forgotten workforceAfter the second day of a week-long job training programme at Metropolitan Community College in North Omaha, US, Angelica Dunn heads home with her son. Half of black fami...Image by Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Unsung artistsA Kashmiri craftsman weaves a Kani shawl with wooden needles and thread made out of Pashmina wool, on the outskirts of Srinagar. Kani shawl weaving is one of the most difficul...Image by Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
When push comes to shoveBesides its punctuality, Tokyo&rsquos railway network is known for employing professional pushers called oshiyas who shove as many office-goers as possible into trai...Image by Gerhard Joren/LightRocket via Getty Images
Food for thoughtVisitors check out the latest feats of automation at the FOOMA Japan International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition in Tokyo. The machinery shown here performs delic...Image by Alessandro Di Ciommo/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Wheels of changeA Deliveroo rider cycles through central London to make a food delivery. Millions of part-time and flexible workers in the so-called gig economy in England are to receive ri...Image by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Foreign touchFreelance Steadicam operator Mike Scott shoots a scene with actors Ihana Dhil- lon and Gurmeet Choudhary for the Bollywood film Hate Story IV on Millennium Bridge in London. Bo...Image by Robert Alexander/Getty Images
A new way of lifeAugie Fairchild and River Oneida weed onions in a garden at the 450-acre Twin Oaks Community in Virginia, US. Members of this self-reliant community share everything from h...Image by Norm Shafer/ For The Washington Post via Getty Images
Bright future Visitors to the Kumbh Mela fair in Allahabad pay a small fee to listen to a fortune telling machine. No prizes for guessing what it would have to say about its own future work...Image by Alberto Buzzola/LightRocket via Getty Images
