Cui Yubo, a 60-year-old man in Hulunbuir, northern China’ s Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, continues to collect urban waste in extreme freezing weather right before China’s most important holiday, the Spring Festival. /CFP Photo

Ice and snow covered his face on the morning of January 23, 2017. /CFP Photo

Cui used to work at a construction site, but was employed at a property company as an urban waste collector two years ago. /CFP Photo

With a monthly salary of 1,500 yuan (about 220 US dollars), he is working hard to repay his debts as soon as possible. /CFP Photo

After loading garbage onto his three-wheeled truck, Cui is ready to go on to his next stop. /CFP Photo