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In pictures: Nepal porters’ heavy burden

Al Jazeera looks at porters facing steep odds as world celebrates 60th year of the first ascent of Mount Everest.

Published On 28 May 2013
<p>Children as young as 12 often work as porters, although the legal minimum age is 16. They regularly carry loads of up to 70 kilograms.</p>
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