In Laos, Turning Bombs to Scrap

In Laos, Turning Bombs into Scrap Has Become a Lucrative but Dangerous Business

Live ordnance from the U.S. bombing campaign 40 years ago still litters the country, but that hasn't stopped locals from harvesting the metal

Photographs by Arantxa Cedillo for TIME

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