Ngendanzi Domina, 74, a waste picker, poses for a portrait at the Mubone landfill in the Buterere district of Bujumbura on October 10, 2026. At the Mubone landfill, the main dumpsite serving Burundi's commercial capital Bujumbura, hundreds of women spend their days searching for charcoal fragments and recyclable materials to sell in local markets. Many are sole breadwinners, earning around 2,000 Burundian francs (about $0.70) a day to support their families as severe inflation and a nationwide fuel shortage drive demand for cheaper household energy. (Photo by Herve Shabani / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Ngendakumana Aline, 48, carries a yellow bucket filled with collected charcoal fragments and recyclable materials on her head as she walks past garbage trucks at the Mubone landfill in the Buterere district of Bujumbura on October 10, 2026. At the Mubone landfill, the main dumpsite serving Burundi's commercial capital Bujumbura, hundreds of women spend their days searching for charcoal fragments and recyclable materials to sell in local markets. Many are sole breadwinners, earning around 2,000 Burundian francs (about $0.70) a day to support their families as severe inflation and a nationwide fuel shortage drive demand for cheaper household energy. (Photo by Herve Shabani / AFP via Getty Images)

A woman holds up animal bones collected for sale at the Mubone landfill in the Buterere district of Bujumbura on October 10, 2026. At the Mubone landfill, the main dumpsite serving Burundi's commercial capital Bujumbura, hundreds of women spend their days searching for charcoal fragments and recyclable materials to sell in local markets. Many are sole breadwinners, earning around 2,000 Burundian francs (about $0.70) a day to support their families as severe inflation and a nationwide fuel shortage drive demand for cheaper household energy. (Photo by Herve Shabani / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Mbanzendore Reinerida and her daughter, Nizigiyimana Amissa, hold Reinerida's grandchild at their home in Bujumbura on October 10, 2026. Reinerida works as a waste picker at the Mubone landfill in Bujumbura's Buterere district to support her family. At the Mubone landfill, the main dumpsite serving Burundi's commercial capital Bujumbura, hundreds of women spend their days searching for charcoal fragments and recyclable materials to sell in local markets. Many are sole breadwinners, earning around 2,000 Burundian francs (about $0.70) a day to support their families as severe inflation and a nationwide fuel shortage drive demand for cheaper household energy. (Photo by Herve Shabani / AFP via Getty Images)

Ngendakumana Aline (L) and Mbanzendore Reinerida (R), who work as waste pickers, smile as they relax at home after a day's work at the Mubone landfill in Bujumbura on October 10, 2026. At the Mubone landfill, the main dumpsite serving Burundi's commercial capital Bujumbura, hundreds of women spend their days searching for charcoal fragments and recyclable materials to sell in local markets. Many are sole breadwinners, earning around 2,000 Burundian francs (about $0.70) a day to support their families as severe inflation and a nationwide fuel shortage drive demand for cheaper household energy. (Photo by Herve Shabani / AFP via Getty Images)

A woman sorts through refuse as other waste pickers carry baskets across the sprawling Mubone landfill in the Buterere district of Bujumbura on October 10, 2026. At the Mubone landfill, the main dumpsite serving Burundi's commercial capital Bujumbura, hundreds of women spend their days searching for charcoal fragments and recyclable materials to sell in local markets. Many are sole breadwinners, earning around 2,000 Burundian francs (about $0.70) a day to support their families as severe inflation and a nationwide fuel shortage drive demand for cheaper household energy. (Photo by Herve Shabani / AFP via Getty Images)

Ngendakumana Aline pauses from sorting waste beside large sacks of collected plastic bottles at the Mubone landfill in the Buterere district of Bujumbura on October 10, 2026. At the Mubone landfill, the main dumpsite serving Burundi's commercial capital Bujumbura, hundreds of women spend their days searching for charcoal fragments and recyclable materials to sell in local markets. Many are sole breadwinners, earning around 2,000 Burundian francs (about $0.70) a day to support their families as severe inflation and a nationwide fuel shortage drive demand for cheaper household energy. (Photo by Herve Shabani / AFP via Getty Images)

Women sort through waste in search of charcoal fragments at the Mubone landfill in the Buterere district of Bujumbura on October 10, 2026. At the Mubone landfill, the main dumpsite serving Burundi's commercial capital Bujumbura, hundreds of women spend their days searching for charcoal fragments and recyclable materials to sell in local markets. Many are sole breadwinners, earning around 2,000 Burundian francs (about $0.70) a day to support their families as severe inflation and a nationwide fuel shortage drive demand for cheaper household energy. (Photo by Herve Shabani / AFP via Getty Images)