Mother and child pose as they watch copper-processing equipment being transported by road July 22, 2004 to the Sepon copper and gold mine in...A mother and child pose as they watch copper-processing equi
Vilabouly villager Vilayvone Phimthonglao is pictured at the Sepon copper/gold mine in the Vilabouly District of Laos July 23, 2004. Phimthonglao...Vilabouly villager Vilayvone Phimthonglao is pictured at the
Heavy equipment works at the Sepon copper/gold mine in the Vilabouly District of Laos July 23, 2004. From next year, Oxiana Ltd. Plans to produce...Heavy equipment works at the Sepon copper/gold mine in the V
Copper-processing equipment is transported by road from Dusseldorf, Germany July 22, 2004 to Oxiana Ltd.'s Sepon copper and gold mine in...Copper-processing equipment is transported by road from Duss
Vilabouly villager Vilayvone Phimthonglao is pictured at the Sepon copper/gold mine in the Vilabouly District of Laos July 23, 2004. Phimthonglao...Vilabouly villager Vilayvone Phimthonglao is pictured at the
Clutch of defused bombs sits in a yard on the edge of town. While the government has outlawed trading in war scrap, many people still keep large...A Deadly Harvest
The rusted remains of a Vietnamese mortar, on display at the UXOLao office in Sepon. It was found and defused by a UXOLao team on a clearance mission...A Deadly Harvest
House built on Bombs. A boy looks out of his family home that is built on stilts of bomb casings. America dropped over 2 million tons of munitions...A house built on Bombs. A boy looks out of his family home...
Woman prepares bomb casings that she has found in preparation to sell to scrap dealers. The casings once contained cluster bombs. America dropped...A woman prepares bomb casings that she has found in...
House built on Bombs. A boy looks out of his family home that is built on stilts of bomb casings. America dropped over 2 million tons of munitions...A house built on Bombs. A boy looks out of his family home...
Grandmother sits with her grandchild in their bamboo and grass house that is built on American cluster bomb casings. America dropped over 2 million...A grandmother sits with her grandchild in their bamboo and...
Grandmother sits with her grandchild in their bamboo and grass house that is built on American cluster bomb casings. America dropped over 2 million...A grandmother sits with her grandchild in their bamboo and...
Bombs for sale. Lao scrap dealers buy metal cluster bomb casings and plane parts from local villagers. America dropped over 2 million tons of...Bombs for sale. Lao scrap dealers buy metal cluster bomb...
An Australian geologist works with his Laotian counterparts as the prospect for gold in a small river on the Ho Chi Minh Trail near Xepone . They are...An Australian geologist works with his Laotian counterparts...
An Australian geologist works with his Laotian counterparts as the prospect for gold in a small river on the Ho Chi Minh Trail near Xepone . They are...An Australian geologist works with his Laotian counterparts...
An aluminium canoe made from a downed American war plane ists next to a concrete pillar that is all that remains of a bridge near Xepone . The bridge...An aluminium canoe made from a downed American war plane...
Young village girl carries water from a river near Xepone using buckets made from downed American war planes. The Ho Chi Minh Trail came through this...A young village girl carries water from a river near Xepone...
Young village girl carries water from a river near Xepone using buckets made from downed American war planes. The Ho Chi Minh Trail came through this...A young village girl carries water from a river near Xepone...
Villagers walk on what was the Ho Chi Minh Trail near Xepone . Many American planes crashed in this region and the metal from the planes are still...Villagers walk on what was the Ho Chi Minh Trail near Xepone...
This burial monument is of the few remaining objects from the original Sepon town, which was obliterated in a series of US bombing raids in the late...This burial monument is of the few remaining objects from...
Boy hops out of a canoe made from fuel tanks dropped by US bombers during the Vietnam War. The US heavily bombed the surrounding area during the war,...A boy hops out of a canoe made from fuel tanks dropped by US...
Boy hops out of a canoe made from fuel tanks dropped by US bombers during the Vietnam War. The US heavily bombed the surrounding area during the war,...A boy hops out of a canoe made from fuel tanks dropped by US...
Man heads out fishing in the Sepon River in a canoe made from fuel tanks dropped by US bombers during the Vietnam War. The US heavily bombed the...A man heads out fishing in the Sepon River in a canoe made...
Mother paddles her children down the Banghiang River in a canoe made from fuel tanks dropped by US bombers during the Vietnam War. The US heavily...A mother paddles her children down the Banghiang River in a...
Cheap Vietnamese metal detectors for sale in the market in Sepon. While the Lao government has outlawed trading in war scrap, many people still hunt...Cheap Vietnamese metal detectors for sale in the market in...
Laotians push a handcart loaded with war scrap across the Vietnam/Lao border. Vietnamese middlemen buy the scrap in Laos from locals who collect it...Laotians push a handcart loaded with war scrap across the...
Laotians push a handcart loaded with war scrap across the Vietnam/Lao border. At the bottom of the cart is the remains of a massive bomb. Vietnamese...Laotians push a handcart loaded with war scrap across the...
Laotian loads an artillery shell case onto a handcart hauling war scrap across the Vietnam/Lao border. Vietnamese middlemen buy the scrap in Laos...A Laotian loads an artillery shell case onto a handcart...
Vietnamese women sit atop their sacks of scrap metal in the back of a taxi truck heading to the Vietnam/Lao border. They are middlemen who buy all...Vietnamese women sit atop their sacks of scrap metal in the...
Vietnamese women haul sacks of scrap metal to a waiting truck. They are middlemen who buy all manner of war scrap from locals who collect it in the...Vietnamese women haul sacks of scrap metal to a waiting...
Vietnamese women haul sacks of scrap metal to a waiting truck. They are middlemen who buy all manner of war scrap from locals who collect it in the...Vietnamese women haul sacks of scrap metal to a waiting...
The rusted remains of landmines and bombs, on display at the UXOLao office in Sepon. They were found and defused by UXOLao teams on clearance...The rusted remains of landmines and bombs, on display at the...
Pound bomb sits in a garbage pit 50 yards from the local hospital. Local explosives-removal teams do not have the necessary equipment to safely...A 500-pound bomb sits in a garbage pit 50 yards from the...
Sai Vilai a student, stops to look at a 500-pound bomb in a garbage pit 50 yards from the local hospital. Local explosives-removal teams do not have...Sai Vilai, 20, a student, stops to look at a 500-pound bomb...
