landmines
Ukraine Is Littered With Landmines. These People Volunteered to Defuse Them.
When the artillery falls silent, the team begins their life-threatening work.
Rat To Get Hero’s Farewell After Years of Sniffing Out Landmines in Cambodia
Magawa, who detected 71 landmines, will now live out the rest of his life in peace — eating bananas and peanuts.
The Women Clearing Iraq of Unexploded Munitions
“Our jobs are only as dangerous as our lives," explained Hoda Khaled, one of 14 women working to rid Basra Governorate of stray explosives.
Giant Rats Are Sniffing Out Landmines and Tuberculosis
With their "super-sniffer" noses, African giant-pouched rats are also being trained to lead search-and-rescue missions following earthquakes and other natural disasters.
This ‘Hero Rat’ Is Saving Cambodia, One Landmine at a Time
The story of Magawa, a rat who detects landmines in Cambodia, shows how even the tiniest of creatures can work towards peace.
What It's Like to Make a Military Shooter About Humanitarian Law
'Arma III' developers worked with the Red Cross to teach players about the real details of war most video games never touch.
What It's Like to Make a Military Shooter About Humanitarian Law
'Arma III' developers worked with the Red Cross to teach players about the real details of war most video games never touch.
A Belgian Nonprofit Is Using Giant Rats to Sniff Out Landmines
Trained to detect the smell of TNT, the rats have cleared over 13,000 landmines so far.
Bombs Abandoned by Boko Haram Kill 63 in Nigeria
The explosion killed dozens in northern Nigeria, a day after the US announced that they would give $5 million to fund a new multi-national taskforce to fight the extreme Islamic militant group.
Joining Cambodia's Underwater Bomb Squad on their First Live Disposal Mission
Unexploded bombs from the Vietnam War still litter Cambodia's countryside. VICE News took a trip on the Mekong River to see a live US explosive being delicately lifted from the murky water.
Visiting Seoul's Artificial Limb District
There's a street in the Garwol-dong neighborhood lined with shops selling handcrafted prosthetic arms, legs, toes, fingers, eyes, breasts, lips, and every other body part imaginable.