Children at Work

Tiring work: Lebanese children work with tires at a workshop on the outskirts of Tripoli on June 12. In Bab-al-Tabbene, a poor Tripoli neighborhood, children can be found working at the majority of its mechanics and scrap-metal shops. One 13-year-old mechanic there told Agence France-Presse that he earns $10 weekly for putting in 10 hours a day, six days a week. Children are less expensive to hire than adults, so businesses are more inclined to use underage labor during tough economic times.

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