We took coffee of a jaguar hunter who lives alone in his commodious hut in the jungle, the woven wattle walls of his three rooms decorated with cast-offs from the odd bits of the materialist civilization that he had need of out here, so that there were a line of worn out toothbrushes used as … Continue reading
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Photo Of The Day: Artisanal Gold Miners In Sierra Leone
Subsistence miners at work in a creek in Sierra Leone… This is definitely one that is at its best when the image is clicked on and brought up to its full size: Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: Gold Mining In Burkina Faso
The landscape of Séguénéga in Burkina Faso, a commune in the north of the west African country, is suffering considerable environmental damage because of a massive increase in gold mining: The miners: The mining managers choose men to dig. Each bag of stones the men dig up is theirs to keep, but they have to … Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: Gold Mining In The Democratic Republic of Congo
Local mining for gold in the village of Mongbwalu in Eastern Congo: Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 