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Papua New Guinea

Science

The Deepest Dig

We don’t really understand the ocean bottom. We’re mining it anyway.

Brooke Jarvis California Sunday Nov 2014 15min Permalink

They Burn Witches Here

A trip to Papua New Guinea, “an island caught between the ancient world and 2015.”

Kent Russell Huffington Post Highline Oct 2015 40min Permalink

World

It’s 2013, And They’re Burning ‘Witches’

In the highlands of Papua New Guinea, admist a mining boom, the public torture and killing of women accused of sorcery has returned.

Jo Chandler The Global Mail Feb 2013 20min Permalink