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“Creuseurs”, or diggers gather at the Dilwa cobalt mine outside of Kolwezi on June 9, 2016. Miners and workers make on average, US$2-3/day for their labor and work in dangerous conditions with no safety equipment and often, no shoes. The cobalt is separated and then sold to “comptoirs”, or counters at a marketplace and then shipped to local factories of Congo Dongfang International Mining(CDM). Cobalt is used in batteries for electronic cars and mobile phones and the DRC has roughly 65 percent of the world's supply. (Photo by Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
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