An Indian bonded child labourer cries du

An Indian bonded child labourer cries during a raid and rescue operation conducted by the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement) in New Delhi on November 10, 2009. Around twenty bonded child labourers were rescued by the Bachpan Bachao Andolan with the help of the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Labour Department and Delhi Police. Indian laws prohibit hiring children under the age of 14 for employment deemed "hazardous" such as for domestic work, restaurants, glass-making and embroidery work, but many Indians continue to employ children in the belief that they are doing them a favour by providing for their families. AFP PHOTO/ MANAN VATSYAYANA (Photo credit should read MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)