Ismael “Babu” Hussein works as an assistant in one of Bangladesh’s shipbreaking yards, where armies of laborers dismantle old vessels the way ants devour a carcass. The work is perilous, the bosses abusive, the hours exhausting.

Babu’s reward? Just over two dollars a day, and nightmares about being crushed by giant sheets of steel.

Heavy stuff for a 13-year old kid.