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Folk musicians who have been injured by landmines. We encountered this band of musicians playing traditional Cambodian music near the south entrance to Ta Prohm temple outside Siem Reap. The band was selling its CDs to earn a living, rather than becoming beggars in the streets. Despite their injuries, these men remain productive and creative in their lives. The landmines that injured these men are left over from the days of dictator Pol Pot's civil war against the Cambodian people. To this day, those landmines that remain maim, injure and kill men, women and children in the Cambodian countryside. A portion of all proceeds from the sale of any print or other product in the "Global Travel" Collection of images goes to a non-profit organization that is tasked with removing these deadly, hidden weapons.