The living room furniture consists of colorful pillows piled against the wall on the floor facing the television and a desk for their laptops.

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In one such room, where the only piece of furniture is a low workbench, 10-year-old Akbar sits on the floor and mixes two powders into a doughy adhesive, his fingers blackened by the chemicals.

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