A worker assembles firework components by inserting lead wires, in the Wanle Fireworks Factory in Bixi village, May 11, 2016. The factory’s website says it exports to the United States, the U.K., Malaysia, and elsewhere.
Yang Liuzhen, 48, was injured in an October 2013 explosion at the Jianhai Fireworks Factory. Yang’s feet were injured so badly that she still cannot stand for long periods of time.
Lawyer Yang Wu, who works with fireworks manufacturers, says safety regulations have improved significantly in recent years, May 11, 2016.
Firework shells are left to dry in the sun in front of houses in Bixi village, May 11, 2016. Local families earn money by drying and packaging firework shells.
A worker wraps firework shells at the Wanle Fireworks Factory, Bixi village, May 11, 2016.
Children run through a courtyard between stacks of firework shells, Bixi village, May 11, 2016. Many former child laborers who survived fireworks accidents are still asking the government for compensation, years later.
A salesperson in Mao Zedong’s hometown, Shaoshan, Hunan province, lowers a large roll of firecrackers from the shelves, May 20, 2016. China’s fireworks factories make an estimated 90 percent of the world’s pyrotechnics; many are made within 70 miles of Shaoshan, in Liuyang and nearby Liling.
The site of the Jianhai Fireworks Factory where an explosion in October 2013 killed four and injured one, Liuyang, May 11, 2016.
Huang Mingwei, 29, lifts her shirt to show her scars, in her living room, Baofeng village, Hunan province, May 12, 2016. Huang was at work at the Nanyang Export Fireworks Factory when it experienced a major explosion in September 2014. She suffered severe burns over 70 percent of her body.
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