A member of the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force conducts demining operations in southern Shan State’s Pekon Township, on July 11. (AFP)

Kayah landmine clearers working with pliers and bare hands

Six men prod and poke at dense undergrowth in eastern Myanmar with rakes and hoes - not farmers, but a resistance unit clearing deadly landmines from the war raging between the junta and pro-democracy fighters.

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