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The lone female miners of Bosnia

The two female coal miners in all of Bosnia and Herzegovina are not left in the dark when it comes to their jobs.

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The lone female miners of Bosnia

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  1. Punters crowd around a bookmaker at Wimbledon Stadium in London May 28, 2011. Figures from the Gambling Commission show that off-course betting fell to 1.3 billion pounds ($1.96 billion) in the year to March 2012, down 15 percent from 2008, while on-course betting dropped 21 percent to 29.8 million pounds ($45 million). REUTERS-Chris Helgre

  2. Sakiba Covic combs her hair before going to work in a coal mine in Breza, March 6, 2013. Covic and Semsa Hadzo are the only female coal miners in all of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Their job requires them to take daily measurements of air, gas and to supervise the general safety of the mine, according to local media. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  3. Sakiba Covic (R) and Semsa Hadzo head out to work at a coal mine in Breza, March 6, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  4. Sakiba Covic (L) and her supervisors plan the day before she enters a mining pit in Breza March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  5. Portrait of the late Yugoslavian Communist leader Josip Broz Tito is seen on wall in Sakiba Covic's office at a coal mine in Breza, March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  6. Sakiba Covic (R) collects a torch and safety equipment before entering a coal mine in Breza, March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  7. Sakiba Covic buttons up her shirt before entering a coal mine in Breza, March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  8. Sakiba Covic (L) and Semsa Hadzo (R) wait for the elevator in a coal mine in Breza, March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  9. Sakiba Covic (L) and Semsa Hadzo (C) stand in an elevator before descending into a coal mine Breza, March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  10. Sakiba Covic (2nd R) and Semsa Hadzo (R) stand in an elevator before descending into a coal mine in Breza, March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  11. Sakiba Covic (L) and Semsa Hadzo walk through a coal mine in Breza, March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  12. Sakiba Covic (centre L) and Semsa Hadzo (centre R) watch their colleagues while working in a coal mine in Breza, March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  13. Coal miners work in a coal mine in Breza, March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  14. Sakiba Covic measures the air pressure in a coal mine in Breza, March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  15. Sakiba Covic (L) and Semsa Hadzo (C) talk after measuring the air pressure in a coal mine in Breza, March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  16. Sakiba Covic (L) talks with her boss in a coal mine in Breza, March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

  17. Sakiba Covic (R) and Semsa Hadzo (2nd L) measure the air pressure in a coal mine in Breza, March 5, 2013. REUTERS-Dado Ruvi

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