The Great Struggle

This village in the African nation of Niger is maintained by resilient women.

The residents of the village of Jambiani in Zanzibar live off moss and algae farming.

Subila from Tanzania makes loofa with the fibers that she collects from the beach.

In the "village of money", people have to work hard to pay their debt to the earth while Fairouz has to rely on fish to earn his living.

In the post Pol Pot era, Cambodians still hunt tarantulas for food.

Kun's produces, Ley's rice wafers, and Seng's tuk-tuk...

A day is too short but hard for tailor Jacob, rice producer Ma Cau, and farmer Jamila.

Artists in Zanzibar, coal sellers in Paraguay, and construction workers in Brazil.

Grimaldo tells the hard-luck story of his life as a flamingo hunter in Bolivia.

A man in Brazil earning his life in a decommissioned and dangerous mine while another turns their abode into a repair shop for survival...

10-year-old Carlito from Paraguay works very hard to make money through garbage dumps.

Carlos from Brazil has to struggle to provide for his family.

The struggle of people living in primitive conditions in Nicaragua, where they must cope with drought and water scarcity, and a fisherman who risks his life daily battling the waves to make a living.

The struggle of a family making a living by collecting mussels in Nicaragua and a man surviving by selling scrap vehicles.

The struggle of a family in San Jacinto, Nicaragua, making a living by selling stones and clay collected from volcanic land, and a man in Hong Kong who inspires others with his success despite overcoming obstacles.

The struggle of an Indian family making a living from "bhar" clay cups and people surviving by sweeping gold workshop streets for dust.

In Kolkata, India, where most live on the brink of hunger, a unique neighborhood built along train tracks and the stories of those surviving on the edge of death.

In Kolkata, India, Harun's determined journey as he pulls a hand-pulled rickshaw to fund his children's education.

The tragic stories of abused migrant women and the homeless forced to live on the streets in Hong Kong, one of the world's most developed regions with a population nearing 8 million.