If you search for images of "toilet" on Google, you'll get a page of sparkling white ceramic toilets.
That's the typical toilet for people in a high-income country. But not every toilet looks like that.
To get a better idea of the range of toilets around the world, take a look at Dollar Street. It's a project that catalogs everyday objects — like toys, soap, stoves and of course, toilets — to provide a snapshot of life at different income levels across the globe.
The project was created by Anna Rosling Ronnlund, the co-founder of Gapminder, a group that uses infographics to explain the world. In 2016, she commissioned photographers to take photos of objects in over 264 homes in 50 countries.
Here is a selection of toilet photos from Dollar Street. Jennifer Foster, a technical officer for PATH's WASH portfolio, a global health nonprofit, provided insights into the different types of toilets. Foster works on public health issues — primarily water, waste treatment and sanitation projects.
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![This is also a pit latrine, according to toilet specialist Jennifer Foster: "Odds are [the waste] is going straight down into a pit." It belongs to Sabatrirani Bishash, a businesswoman living in Kahana, Bangladesh. She lives with her three children and has a monthly income of $125.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/aeb9927/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x3000+0+0/resize/880x880!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2017%2F11%2F17%2Fworldtoiletday-3_custom-d16e2a870789dacf5ef728fcae520711fa0304bd.jpg)
![This toilet is in the home of the Bui family in Hoi An, Vietnam. Thái, a tailor, and Gần, a fruit vendor, live with their two children and a grandmother. Their monthly income is $383.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b6abf47/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1998+0+0/resize/880x586!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2017%2F11%2F17%2Fworldtoiletday-9_custom-29fb8b38ebab6d3c9fe94e72e17b4d6f324b2a2b.jpg)
![This toilet belongs to the Singh family in Gurgaon, India. Shyam, a driver, and his wife Renuka, a nurse, live with their three children and have a monthly income of $369. The family has access to a water source in the bathroom for cleaning and hand-washing.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d0e8b45/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1201x799+0+0/resize/880x585!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2017%2F11%2F17%2Fworldtoiletday-10_custom-9944d2f9e97874cef9fc449723375cc67935d83e.jpg)
![This toilet is in the home of the Tamang family in Kathmandu, Nepal. Shyam, a laborer, and his wife Minu, a farmer, live with their five children and have a monthly income of $121.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d8e882a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x3000+0+0/resize/880x880!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2017%2F11%2F17%2Fworldtoiletday-8_custom-c78376a86aae4ec5d2e1424a37e7373eca573035.jpg)
![This toilet belongs to the Legarda family in the Philippines. Judith and her husband, Joel, live with their four children and have a monthly income of $865.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a9f65da/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2832x2832+0+0/resize/880x880!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2017%2F11%2F17%2Fworldtoiletday-2_custom-dcbee3253fb165000f4b8afedcb8d975d54965cc.jpg)