The workers who build and fix the world

Underground or high up in the air, these are the ones putting together every home, bridge, tower and rail line of our cities.
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Workers are seen at a construction site in Hanoi, Vietnam May 25, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Kham

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A worker exits a construction site in Sydney's Barangaroo business district in Australia's largest city, May 8, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Jason Reed

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Workers are pictured at the construction site of an apartment building in Pasay, Metro Manila in the Philippines May 22, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Erik De Castro

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Construction workers walk past at a construction site of a building displaying Tokyo 2020 Olympics emblem and logo in Tokyo, Japan May 23, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Issei Kato

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Workers stand on the roof of an elevator at the construction site of a new financial district in Beijing, China May 23, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Thomas Peter

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Workers rest on a wall at a building site in Minsk, Belarus May 23, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko

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A worker welds a piece of metal as he works on a construction site in Paris, France May 23, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes

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Workers take a break in a building under construction in Bangkok, Thailand May 23, 2017. Picture taken May 23, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Jorge Silva

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A construction worker welds a new water pipe in KwaDabeka, South Africa May 24, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Rogan Ward

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Construction workers in Asuncion,Paraguay, May 26, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Jorge Adorno

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A worker stands next to a bridge under construction in front of the sea as storm clouds gather above him in Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 26, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte

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A construction worker stands on a platform on a portion of a new cable-stayed bridge, a public project that is being built to replace the Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River in New York, the U.S., May 24, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Mike Segar

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A worker carries wood at a construction site in central Harare, Zimbabwe May 26,2017. Photo by Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

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Workers try to beat the heat when building Ho Chi Minh City's first metro line linking District 1 and District 9. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

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Vietnamese language contest in Laos strengthens youth ties, bilateral friendship

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