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Wanted! by Britta Jaschinski, Germany/UK. Glowing blue, coltan is a component of phone and laptop batteries. Here Jaschinski surrounds it with mining tools and the remains of animals affected by the industry, all seized by customs authorities: a gorilla skull, vertebrae and leg bone, and porcupine quills. Coltan is extracted from the riverbeds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by poorly paid miners who hunt wild animals for food. Hunting and trading wildlife threatens the future of the country’s gorillas and has led to an increased risk of viruses jumping to humans. (Photo by Britta Jaschinski/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022)
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