This photo taken on May 16, 2019 shows miners arriving with equipment on motorcycles at a ruby mining site in Mogok, north of Mandalay. Burrowing deep underground, thousands of informal miners risk their lives to find gleaming red gems as a law change spurs opportunity in Myanmar's “land of rubies”. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 16, 2019 shows miners working in a ruby mine in Mogok, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 16, 2019 shows miners panning for rubies and other gemstones in a ruby mine in Mogok, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 16, 2019 shows a miner entering a tunnel in a ruby mine in Mogok, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 16, 2019 shows a miner working in a tunnel in a ruby mine in Mogok, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 16, 2019 shows a miner working in a tunnel in a ruby mine in Mogok, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 16, 2019 shows a miner collecting rubies and other gemstones in a ruby mine in Mogok, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 16, 2019 shows miners working in a ruby mine in Mogok, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)




This photo taken on May 16, 2019 shows miners eating at a ruby mine in Mogok, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 16, 2019 shows a miner resting as he smokes a cigar at a ruby mine in Mogok, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 17, 2019 shows sellers trading with buyers at the gems market in Mogok town, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 17, 2019 shows rough ruby stones displayed at the gems market in Mogok town, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 17, 2019 shows a seller trading rubies and other gemstones at the gems market in Mogok town, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 17, 2019 shows a buyer inspecting a ruby at the gems market in Mogok town, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 17, 2019 shows sellers trading rubies and other gemstones at the gems market in Mogok town, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





This photo taken on May 17, 2019 shows rough rubies displayed at the gems market in Mogok town, north of Mandalay. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)