Sierra Leone Diamond Fields

390984 09: Workers pan for diamonds in a government controlled diamond mine June 15, 2001 near Kenema, Sierra Leone. Diamonds, mined both legally by the government and illegally by rebel RUF forces, infamous for their forced recruitment of child soldiers and maiming of civilians, have been the main issue in the ten-year-old brutal civil war in this west African country. Diamond panners like these earn 500 Leones, about 25 cents and two cups of rice a day, unless they find a diamond. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)