Cardinals Ruben Salazar Gomez, left is flanked by Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio as they arrive in the New Hall of the Synod at the Vatican, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, the last time before the start of the conclave starting in the afternoon of Wenesday, May 7, when they will elect the successor of Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Children play by a traditional log drum in the house of the Angh, or chief, at Longwa village on the India-Myanmar border in the northeastern India state of Nagaland, Thursday, Dec.12, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)A Konyak Naga carries a child at Longwa village on the India-Myanmar border in the northeastern India state of Nagaland, Thursday, Dec.12, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
A Konyak Naga carries a child at Longwa village on the India-Myanmar border in the northeastern India state of Nagaland, Thursday, Dec.12, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)Children sit and talk in front of a roadside side shop at Longwa village, on the India-Myanmar border in the far northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, Dec.12, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)Children sit and talk in front of a roadside side shop at Longwa village, on the India-Myanmar border in the far northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, Dec.12, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A woman carries a child and climbs steps at Longwa village, on the India Myanmar border in the northeastern India state of Nagaland, Friday, Dec.13, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)A woman carries a child and climbs steps at Longwa village, on the India Myanmar border in the northeastern India state of Nagaland, Friday, Dec.13, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Konyak Naga sits outside his grocery store at Longwa village, on the India-Myanmar border in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, Dec.12, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A Konyak Naga sits outside his grocery store at Longwa village, on the India-Myanmar border in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, Dec.12, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)A man looks for plastic items at Karakoy ferry terminal in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A man looks for plastic items at Karakoy ferry terminal in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)In the evening, his father brings his truck around and they load up the days’ haul of paper and plastic from Dogan and others in the area to sell to recycling facilities. After being processed, it will be used in industrial applications or reused as carton and paper.
Late at night, thieves sometimes stop them on the streets, asking for money.“If we refuse, they threaten us,” Dogan says. “We work more than 12 hours, sometimes 17 (a day). If we take a day off, we go hungry.”