The mud-covered legs of Yemeni laborer, Sameer Saleh, 25, who works in a traditional brick factory, are seen as he takes a break from work on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. With a scarcity of affordable quality construction materials, clay bricks made from three simple and widely available ingredients-- water, straw and mud--are increasingly popular among the country's 24 million citizens as an alternative to stone and cement blocks.
Hani Mohammed Associated Press