A fence made from US cluster bomb casings
Mr Jatong stands next to dozens of US cluster bomb casings that he is keeping as a Bomb dowery to pay as a dowery for his 3 daughters when they each get married in Ban Nasala Laos on Thursday April 27 2006 It is common for many poor families in Laos to keep some of their savings or assets in bombs Sometimes they hold the metal like commidity traders since the price keeps spiking up The surge in scrap metal prices has led to more and more people intentionally contacting live bombs resulting in many accidents and deaths
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Location: Laos
Photo credit: © Roger Arnold / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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