Glowing red hot charcoal in a working forge making machetes in Houayhe, a blacksmiths' village in Bolaven Plateau, Champasak Province, Laos, SE Asia

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Location: Houayhe, Laos
Photo credit: © Graham Prentice / Alamy / Afripics
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