9 to 5, or the graveyard shift. Toiling for the boss, or being the boss, whatever brings home the bacon.
There is no shade at Tirana bus station.
A monk keeps the spectacular Decan Monastery spotless. Kosovo.
Archeologists at work at Heraclea Lyncestis, an ancient site in Macedonia.
Gjakova is one of many delightful old towns in Kosovo, full of little bazaar shops like this watch makers'.
India has no shortage of markets, and the Deccan city of Hyderabad is no exception. This gents is in the live bird trade.
Eking out a living at a highway lunch stop in Assam, India. A salad of pulses and spices comes served in a cone of old newspaper.
India's north-east has so much to offer. Cottage industries like weaving are still strong, and in Khonoma, Nagaland, a colourful shawl takes shape.
The rhythmic clacking of looms is a common sound on the back-in-time island of Majuli, in Assam.
All concentration and with the practiced eye of a veteran, a Shillong butcher does his work.
And with a little help from this market trader, goat curry happens.
A ranger on rhino patrol in Zimbabwe's Matobo National Park, which has a good population of both black and white rhino. And leopard.
A buffalo farmer cleans his beast ahead of a funeral in Sulawesi's Toraja region. This is one of the most interesting parts of Indonesia.
At a Toraja funeral, a butcher does his work on a recently deceased buffalo.
Shaman? Witch doctor? Medicine man? Spirit medium? This fellow leads the family of mourners through the ceremony grounds of the funeral.
A woman works with wax in a batik workshop in Solo, Java, Indonesia.
In a tiny mountain-side warung, a man prepares delicious rabbit satay, near Solo, Java.
A woman cooks in the market area of Surabaya's Arab town.
Shopkeepers in the Arab district of Indonesia's Surabaya. The city has a mix of Javanese and other Indonesians, as well as Chinese, Arab, Indian and more.
A man sells hammocks on the streets near Bangalore's massive Krishnarajendra City Market.
A classic snake oil salesman promising to treat all known ailments, in Bangalore, India.
Mobile payments are everywhere in India. In Bangalore wholesale flower market, garlands by the thousands cover vast floor space.
A street vendor shows of his trinkets at Krishnarajendra City Market, Bangalore again.
Bijapur's vegetable market sprawls across many streets and is full of happy people like this chap.
At festival time in India, flower sellers do a roaring trade. A seller is swamped by his wares on the streets of Shimoga.
Shimoga has a large outdoor bazaar, bursting with traders, like Inflatable Toy Man.
A woman rolls floor for street snacks on the streets of Tamil Nadu's Pondicherry, its former French colony.
The other great railway bazaar: India. Tea, soft drinks, hot foods, fried food, dry foods, all kinds of goods are sold on and around Indian trains.
A rice farmer works his fields near Jog Falls, in India's Karnataka state.
Pride oozes from this auto-rickshaw driver pores, at a rank in Chikkamagaluru.