AFP presents a visual story of 39 pictures taken by Luis Robayo in Los Azules Copper Mining Project in Calingasta, San Juan province, Argentina from March 17 to April 22, 2026, about the mining boom taking shape in the Andes mountain range led by the political reforms of Argentina's President Javier Milei, that will allow provinces to open up new areas to mining. Search for all these reportage images using: ARGENTINE-ECONOMY-ENVIRONMENT-MINING-COPPER Search "REPORTAGE" to source all feature, magazine and visual stories (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - This view shows snow-covered peaks of the Andes mountain range with a road built for mineral exploration in Calingasta, San Juan province, Argentina, on April 21, 2026. "Mining will spread across the entire mountain range, generating hundreds of thousands of jobs," Argentine President Javier Milei predicted in March. Weeks later, he enacted a reform of the glacier protection law that will allow provinces to open up new areas to mining. Environmental groups challenged the measure in court, arguing that it threatens access to water. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)

Labourers work at a construction site in Amritsar on May 22, 2026. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP via Getty Images)

Job seekers look at recruitment notices at a job fair targeting college graduates and other job seekers held in the Huai'an University Gymnasium in Huai'an, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on May 22, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

Job seekers look at recruitment notices at a job fair targeting college graduates and other job seekers held in the Huai'an University Gymnasium in Huai'an, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on May 22, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

A recruiter (L) speaks with a job seeker at a job fair targeting college graduates and other job seekers held in the Huai'an University Gymnasium in Huai'an, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on May 22, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

Job seekers look at recruitment notices at a job fair targeting college graduates and other job seekers held in the Huai'an University Gymnasium in Huai'an, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on May 22, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP via Getty Images) / China OUT

Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard attends the General Assembly of French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation Carrefour, at their headquarters in Massy, in the outskirts of Paris on May 22, 2026. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP via Getty Images)