A Global Sand Mining Crisis
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In this Friday, May 2, 2014 photo, a gold miner carries special carpets that are used to filter sand for gold at an illegal mine in La Pampa in the Madre de Dios region of Peru.
( Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press )
( Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press )
Produced by Alexandra Botti