INDIA-ECONOMY-BANGLES-PHOTO ESSAY

In this picture taken on October 12, 2022, a worker sorts broken glass bangles to be reused at a bangle factory in Firozabad. - The Indian industrial town of Firozabad has been making glass bangles for more than 200 years, supplying millions of the ornamental bands worn by women in their daily lives and sold as gifts during festivals like Diwali and weddings -- all around India. The northern towns 400 manufacturing units, from large factories to small family-run units in private homes, employ an estimated 500,000 people, some of them children, earning as little as 500 rupees ($6) per day. (Photo by Xavier GALIANA / AFP) (Photo by XAVIER GALIANA/AFP via Getty Images)