A Belarussian man works in a felt boot factory in Smilovichi, some 35 km east of Minsk on February 5, 2009. Felt boots for cold winter conditions called "valenky" are common throughout Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Latvia.




A woman works in a textile factory in Suining in southwest China's Sichuan province.




Chinese workers labor in a factory making zippers in Jinjiang, China's Fujian province.  ¶ 12:58 PM