18 January 2021, India, Neu Delhi: Eleven-year-old Rickky, 11, sits on a pile of recyclable material while collecting garbage at the Bhalswa garbage dump. The fourth-grader from Malda in West Bengal, whose father works as a rickshaw driver, started working during the October 2020 lockdown as schools were closed. His family sent him to Delhi to stay with an uncle who was already working as a rag picker. Shek earns 150 rupees a day collecting recyclable material from the garbage dump. (to dpa "Shame of the world: poverty forces millions of children to work") Photo: Vijay Pandey/dpa