Despite the signing of an encouraging international agreement a year ago, the number of civilian victims of explosive weapons jumped by 83% in 2022. And above all, "banned weapons, such as anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions, are making a comeback," deplores the NGO Handicap International, during the 29th edition of its annual shoe pyramid event where public is invited to drop off their shoes forming a huge pyramid of shoes, a symbol of injured and mutilated victims of mines and cluster bombs. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES