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A young Venezuelan miner uses a wooden container to strain and separate mercury from the mud used to adhere gold found in an open pit mine, which will then be sold in El Callao, Bolivar State, Venezuela, on August 27, 2023. In the town of El Callao, extracting gold from soil starts off as a kid's game, but soon becomes a full-time job that human rights activists says amounts to child exploitation. (Photo by Magda Gibelli/AFP Photo)
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