(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-08-07 09:22

Abid, a labourer covered in salt powder, poses for a photograph while cutting rock salt for decoration pieces in Khewra, Pakistan on August 4, 2007. Khewra, best know for its salt range and mines, is located nearly 170 kilometers (106 miles) south of Islamabad. The Khewra Salt Mines are said to be the second largest salt mine in the world. Labourers in the town make an average of 250 rupees ($5) a day.