The US dropped more than 270 million bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War. An estimated 30% of the bombs remain unexploded and are scattered across the country. Some villagers use those bombs as scrap ...

The bloated carcasses of pigs and cows float in the knee-high flood waters covering the Laos village of Hoi Kong, as mud-caked residents pick through the remnants of homes destroyed by a dam collapse ...

Kacey Dirksen survives a trip to the world’s smallest village in Laos.

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Decades after the Vietnam War ended, there are around 80 million unexploded bombs left in Laos.

Decades after the Vietnam War ended, there are around 80 million unexploded bombs left in Laos. Despite the danger they pose, some villagers use the bombs to build their homes. A woman poses at the ...