In pics: world's leading diamond miner -- Alrosa

A tilt-shifted photo shows sorted diamonds in an Alrosa facility in Mirnyi, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia, on Nov. 12, 2018. Alrosa, the world's leading diamond miner, has operations in Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and Arkhangelsk region, running 11 kimberlite pipes and 16 alluvial deposits in the harsh climate of the Russian Far North. (Xinhua/Evgeny Sinitsyn)