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A mannequin dressed in a military-style uniform stands under a small shelter with a green metal roof, set against a concrete wall topped with barbed wire and surrounded by fallen leaves.
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Krong Siem Reap, KH·9 Feb 2019

War Museum, in Siem Reap, located in a former mined field. Cambodia is one of the countries most affected by landmines in the world. Since 1979 over 64,000 casualties and more than 25,000 amputees have been recorded. Since the end of the conflict, around half of the Cambodia minefields have been cleared. The remaining landmines are mainly concentrated in the area known as K5, with 750km. K5 is in the north-west of the country along the Thai border. Between April of 1975 and January of 1979, the Khmer Rouge regime was responsible for the death of about 2 million people in Cambodia, in one of the most lethal political regimes of the 20th century. 2019 marked the 40th anniversary of the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime. Nokor Krao, Cambodia.

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A mannequin dressed in a military-style uniform stands under a small shelter with a green metal roof, set against a concrete wall topped with barbed wire and surrounded by fallen leaves.

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