A group of boys play basketball on a dilapidated court near a mine in Shurugwi, on August 29, 2026. Once-green hills outside Zimbabwe's central town of Shurugwi are today bare slopes scarred by open pits, the result of gold mining by a Chinese company linked to the president's son. Bulldozers and excavators raised dust that seeps into houses while rains washed cyanide used to extract the precious metal into rivers, locals and environmental activists told AFP. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP via Getty Images)