When the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam burst in southern Laos on July 23, it released 5 billion cubic meters of water that killed at least 35 people, displaced more than 6,000 and swamped 18,000 acres of land that stretched into neighboring...
Agnès Marcaillou is the director of the United Nations Mine Action Service. This is the UN agency that helps clear mine fields, defuse IEDs and clean up unexploded ordinance around the world. It is the UN Bomb Squad. In this...
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) was established in 1997 to rid the world of mines and un-exploded ordinance. The agency is the UN’s Hurt Locker, running operations in conflict and post conflict zones around the world. These photos are...