Two male quarry workers are partially visible through thick clouds of stone dust at the Minya Quarries in the Eastern Mountain region of Minya Governorate, Upper Egypt. One worker stands holding a tool while the other operates a heavy stone-cutting machine, both working under hazardous dusty conditions with no visible protective equipment. Quarry workers in this region begin shifts as early as 3:00 a.m., extracting limestone and producing white bricks under physically demanding and largely unregulated conditions.