Rumbek, South Sudan — Africa's longest-running civil war left South Sudan in ruins when it split from the north in 2011. But the country's artisans are literally picking up the old shell casings from artillery fire that used to terrorize the population, and are making jewelry out of it in the "bullet bangle" business.
On the outskirts of Rumbek, capital of South Sudan's Lakes state, a symphony of smashes and clangs rings out from dusk till dawn, as a row of blacksmiths hammer away at old metal shells and craft them into works of art.
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