The recycled lives of oil barrels
Photographers from around the globe document the many uses of the discarded oil barrel - from motorbike sidecars, BBQ grills, decorations and more.
Jockey students practice their racing position on a horse simulator made from an oil barrel, known as "Pangal", at The Jockeys School in Panama City.Carlos Jasso/Reuters
Rebeca Ruiz looks from her room at a homemade grill in Bogota, Colombia.Jose Miguel Gomez/Reuters
Sadao Kimbara (L) rides on a Honda motorcycle with a sidecar he made out of an oil barrel as his grandson Rui smiles in the sidecar in Ome, on the outskirts of Tokyo.Toru Hanai/Reuters
Snowboarder Roman Andrianov trains at the "Little Town in Siberia" snowpark in the Siberian Taiga area, outside Krasnoyarsk, Russia.Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
Decorations made out of the metal of discarded oil barrels are seen for sale at a stand in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.Reuters
A protester throws a tear gas canister fired by riot police as another takes cover during clashes in the village of Bilad Al Qadeem, south of Manama, Bahrain.Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters
A waiter walks near tables made of oil barrels at a bar in Paranaque, Metro Manila, Philippines.Enrique Castro-Mendivil/Reuters
Used oil barrels are stacked at a storage facility in Seattle, Washington.Jason Redmond/Reuters
A government worker inspects old discarded oil barrels that were made into makeshift rescue boats in Manila, Philippines.Romeo Ranoco/Reuters
An old oil barrel is used as a rubbish bin on the beach in Santa Monica, California.Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Cayo Malpartida cooks chicken and pork on a makeshift grill fashioned out of an oil barrel at Rendon Restaurant in Lurin, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru.Mariana Bazo/Reuters
A sculpture made of discarded metal oil barrels is seen at the Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo (Mexican Institute of Petroleum) metro station in Mexico City.Tomas Bravo/Reuters
Vibrazioni's art design owner Alberto (L) cuts an oil barrel as Riccardo works on a Harley Davidson motorbike personalised with parts of an oil barrel, in Massa Lombarda, Italy.Stefano Rellandini/Reuters
A woman stands by a local shop that sells dishes and other utensils made from recycled metal cut from oil barrels in Kamukunji, Nairobi, Kenya.Siegfried Modola/Reuters
Plants grow in oil barrels that are being used as obstacles to keep vehicles off the curb in San Salvador, El Salvador.Reuters