David Woodfall / Conservation workers from Sefton Borough Council reparing coastal defence, inadvisedly erected to protect reconstructed sand dune after high tide and wind erosion, Merseyside, UK 2012

Philip Stephen / Skipper and mate of fishing trawler "Demares" mending nets. Cullivoe, Unst, Shetland, April 2008.

Philip Stephen / Philip Stephen, photographer and skipper of "Carisanne", mending nets. Cullivoe, Unst, Shetland, April 2008. Model Released.

Vivek Menon / Man mending damage to elephant fence, designed to protect agricultural crops from being eaten. Indian Elephants (Elephas maximus) sometimes break through and come into conflict with humans. India. Nov...

Will Watson / Fisherman mending gill nets on the shore of Lake Malawi, Senga Bay, Malawi. March 2009

Philip Stephen / Crew mending nets on quay beside fishing trawlers. Cullivoe, Unst, Shetland, April 2008.

Jouan & Rius / Vezo fishermen reparing fishing net on the beach, West Madagascar

Juergen Freund / Bajau fisherman repairs his nets in houseboat, Borneo, Malaysia

Rick Tomlinson / Local fisherman in Fiskardo, Cefalonia, Greece.

Roberto Rinaldi / Man mending fishing-nets on Balambangan island, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

Pete Oxford / Bai woman repairing fishing net with cat playing, Dali town, Yanna, China (Ethnic minority)

Erwan Quéméré / Sardine fisherman mending nets near Concarneau harbour, South Brittany, France.