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3. An informal gold miner is roughed up by Peruvian riot policemen during clashes in the
town of Puerto Maldonado,

4. The gold and copper mine of US giant Newmont in Indonesia's Sumbawa island

5. Polluted water flows from an abandoned gold mine in Rosia Montana, Romania on
September 20, 2011.

6. in Pantukan, Philippines look at the body of a girl killed in a landslide in a remote small
community of gold prospectors

7. A girl pans for gold in the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar's Kachin State

8. Papuan villagers gather in a river to pan for gold after sludge containing gold leaked
from a pipeline of US mining giant Freeport-McMoran in Kwamki Lama, Indonesia.

9. Mechanics work on a mining truck at the Newmont Mining Corp. gold quarry mine in the
Carlin Trend west of Elko, Nevada

10. An informal gold digger looks for gold in the sand of a creek in the mountains of San
Juan Arriba, Honduras

11. Artisanal gold miners pass up pans of sediment from an open-cast mine near the town
of Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo

12. Dave Maxfield of Hardwick, Mass. and his wife Christy lift their sluice out of the water
while panning for gold in the Twin River in Bath, N.H

13. A man repairs a damaged water pump at a gold mine in Madre de Dios, Peru

14. A worker walks through the Pueblo Viejo mine in Sanchez Ramirez province in the
Dominican Republic

15. an employee of KCM pours molten gold while reprocessing it near Plovdiv, Bulgaria

16. Gold is poured at Agnico-Eagle's Meadowbank Mine near Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada

17. Gold bars are displayed at a jewelery shop in Chandigarh, India

18. Indonesian police clash with striking workers of US gold and copper mining company
Freeport McMoran in Timika, Indonesia

19. Andean people protest against Newmont's proposed $4.8 billion Conga gold mine near
the Cortada lagoon in Cajamarca, Peru

20. Traders work in the gold and silver options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange in
New York

21. Javed Maseeh sweeps the pavement as he searches for gold at a gold market in
Peshawar

22. A shop assistant sells gold bars at a gold shop in Beijing

23. An Oscar statuette is dipped in an electrically charged tub as it is plated with gold at the
R.S. Owens factory in Chicago

24. Buddhist monks pray as worshippers put gold leaves onto a seated Buddha image at the
Mahamuni temple in Mandalay,

25. Angelito "Karat Chef" Araneta Jr. looks at his edible water dragon sculpture made of
gum-paste icing inside a restaurant in Manila

26. Goldsmiths craft ornaments at a workshop in Kolkata

27. Old jewelry made from gold is melted down at Zorka, a jewelry factory in Minsk

28. Jewelry and silver and gold coins dating back to the Roman period that were recently
discovered at an excavation site near kiryat Gat, in Jerusalem

29. A client whose face is covered with gold is seen at the Viet My beauty salon in Hanoi

30. South Korea's Oh Jin Hyek bites his gold medal during the victory ceremony for the men's
individual archery event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Lord's Cricket Ground
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