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Four Indian boys walk past a convoy of trucks carrying cheap coal from Meghalaya to Assam in northeast India, December 2011. Tribal land here is exploited for cheap coal to fuel India's industrial growth. More than 70 percent of the land in this region is used in mining activities and large scale extraction is carried out in the absence of government regulation. The number of such mines, known as "Rat Hole" mines, is unknown due to the lack of regulation but local mine owners estimate the number to be in the thousands. (KEYSTONE/VII Photo/Gary Knight)