Child laborer boys are searching in burning garbage for scrap metal at a polluted garbage dump in Cambodia.
Young boys search for metal objects left exposed in piles of burning garbage at The Stung Meanchey Landfill in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Roughly 2000 people scavenge for their livings here on a daily basis.
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Location: Stung Meanchey Landfill, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Photo credit: © John Brown / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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