In a small factory in Dhaka, a young boy bends over his task—hands hardened by labor instead of play. At an age meant for classrooms and games, he works to support his family, exposed daily to risks that threaten both his health and his future. Bangladesh is home to an estimated 1.3 million children engaged in hazardous labor, from steel mills and welding workshops to tobacco factories and transport work. Many of these jobs put children in constant danger, leaving them physically and emotionally scarred. Despite labor laws that set 14 as the minimum working age, enforcement remains almost impossible, and poverty keeps driving children into exploitative work. This portrait embodies the silent cost of survival—where innocence is exchanged for wages, and childhood is lost to machines, risk, and necessity. His weary expression is not just his own; it reflects the untold stories of countless children trapped in a cycle of labor and deprivation.