Snapshot: Blood for Treasure

Snapshot: Blood for Treasure

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Photographer Marcus Bleasdale spent a decade in the Congo documenting the extraction of conflict minerals. This image depicts a child gold miner and former soldier. In April, a US Appeals Court ruled that forcing corporations to disclose conflict minerals in their products would violate their free-speech rights.

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