Two male quarry workers load freshly cut white limestone bricks onto a flatbed truck at the Minya Quarries in the Eastern Mountain region of Minya Governorate, Upper Egypt. One worker stands atop the loaded truck catching bricks while the other tosses them upward, surrounded by dust and white stone debris under a clear blue sky. Quarry workers in this region begin their shifts as early as 3:00 a.m., extracting and cutting limestone to manufacture white bricks, working until approximately 11:00 a.m. in harsh conditions with minimal labor protections.