Name: The deadly legacy of cluster bombs
Uploaded: 2016-08-24T15:07:16Z
Duration: 11 min 27 s
Description: The destruction of war doesn't stop when the fighting is over. Photographer and TED Fellow Laura Boushnak shares a powerful photo essay about the survivors of cluster bombs, people who encountered these deadly submunitions years after the end of conflict. With her haunting photos, Boushnak asks those who still produce and condone the use of these weapons to abandon them.

The destruction of war doesn't stop when the fighting is over. Photographer and TED Fellow Laura Boushnak shares a powerful photo essay about the survivors of cluster bombs, people who encountered these deadly submunitions years after the end of conflict. With her haunting photos, Boushnak asks those who still produce and condone the use of these weapons to abandon them.

Laura Boushnak: The deadly legacy of cluster bombs

The deadly legacy of cluster bombs

Cluster munitions, spreading like landmines, leave a legacy of danger and despair, indiscriminately killing or maiming civilians.

Cluster bombs still kill civilians post-conflict, leaving lands littered with deadly remnants awaiting innocent missteps.

Global refusal of the cluster munitions treaty by major powers perpetuates the cycle of civilian harm in war-torn areas.