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Friday, August 27, 2010

The miners trapped underground inside the mine at Copiapo

Relatives of the miners trapped underground in a copper and gold mine, gather around a screen that shows the miners inside the mine at Copiapo, north of Santiago

Thursday, August 19, 2010

A gold-plated handgun, engraved and inlaid with diamonds on the butt

A gold-plated handgun, engraved and inlaid with diamonds on the butt, is displayed at the Museum of Drugs in Mexico City

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Tom Watson plays a shot from a bunker

Tom Watson plays a shot from a bunker

Friday, July 16, 2010

A salesperson holds a piece of gold jewellery

To go with focus story Afghanistan-unrest-economy-gold by Lynne O'Donnell In a picture taken on February 4, 2010 a salesperson holds a piece of gold jewellery at Sayed Samim Reza Gold store in Kabul. Sayed Mukhtar's shop in downtown Kabul is heaving with heavy 24-carat gold necklaces, rings and bracelets gleaming under fluorescent lights, but buyers these days are few and far between. Business is down 90 percent in the past year, Mukhtar said, blaming the increasingly volatile security situation as the war against Taliban militants drags into a ninth year.

A salesperson holds a piece of gold jewellery at Sayed Samim Reza Gold store in Kabul.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

An insect decorated with gold and coloured stones

An insect decorated with gold and coloured stones !!

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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Best published photograph, Africa Business Reporting Awards 2009

Best published photograph, Africa Business Reporting Awards 2009.A gold miner pauses for a smoke while digging a pit at the Chudja mine in the Kilomoto concession near the village of Kobu, 100 km (62 miles) from Bunia in northeastern Congo, February 23, 2009. Civil conflict in Congo has been driven for more than a decade by the violent struggle for control over the country's vast natural resources, including gold, diamonds and timber, most of which is exploited using hard manual labour.
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