The image was shared by users on Facebook as well.
A reverse image search led us to several websites that had used the image in the context of child labour in India.
We found the original image on Felix Features, an independent picture agency based in Oslo, Norway.
The image is part of award-winning international photographer from Bangladesh, GMB Akash’s photo story, ‘Born to Work,’ which documents child labour in Bangladesh.
The image was taken at a brick factory in Fatullah, a town in the outskirts of Dhaka. The caption states that “for each thousand bricks they (the children) carry, they earn the equivalent of 0.9 USD.”
We also found the image on GMB Akash’s official website and photo agency, Panos Pictures, which states that the picture was taken in 2008.
While Congress used an old picture from Bangladesh to depict growing concerns of COVID-19’s impact on children, experts have often stated that the pandemic has made children more vulnerable to child labour.
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