Yiannis Kontos P H O T O J O U R N A L I S T. SIERRA LEONE, AMPUTEE. LIFE AS AN AMPUTEE Abu Bakarr Kargbo, 31, was one of the thousands of amputees afflicted.

Yiannis KontosP H O T O J O U R N A L I S T

SIERRA LEONE, AMPUTEE.LIFE AS AN AMPUTEE

Abu Bakarr Kargbo, 31, was one of the thousands of amputees afflicted by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) atrocities during the civil war that devastated Sierra Leone from 1991 till 2002. He was amputated by the rebels at the eastern part of the Capital in January 20, 1999 when they

attacked Freetown. Unlike other amputees, he was not given the choice of what version of 'cut arm' or 'cut hand' he wanted - long sleeves or short sleeves. Today, he lives with his wife and his three children under poor

conditions in an abandoned camp for amputees, northwest of the capital, Freetown.

World Press Photo, First Prize, Contemporary Issues Singles, 2006

KURDS.

Since Abdullah Ocalan the leader of PKK was captured in the Greek embassy of Kenya and was already in his way to Turkey, members of the PKK were demanding that Greece offer political asylum to their leader. In a sign of passions that this will arouse among Ocalan's supporters Akwar

Serhan Aziz ,33 is engulfed by flames after he set himself ablaze in a protest outside the Greek parliament in Athens on February 15, 1999.

Life magazine's Alfred Eisenstaedt Award in News Category, 2000Pictures of the year, Award of Excellence, News Picture Story, 1999

Pictures of the year, Award of excellence, Global News, 1999

Kurd Akwar Serhan Aziz sets himself ablaze outside the Greek parliamentin Athens, February 1999

Kurd Akwar Serhan Aziz sets himself ablaze outsideThe Greek parliament in Athens, February 1999

Kurd Akwar Serhan Aziz sets himself ablaze outside the Greek parliamentin Athens, February 1999

Kurd Akwar Serhan Aziz sets himself ablaze outside the Greek parliamentin Athens, February 1999

Kurd Akwar Serhan Aziz sets himself ablaze outside the Greek parliamentin Athens, February 1999

Kurd Akwar Serhan Aziz sets himself ablaze outside the Greek parliamentin Athens, February 1999

G8 ANTIGLOBALIZATION PROTESTS. GENOVA,

JULY 2001

Anti-globalization activist demonstrates in front of Italian policemen

Anarchist stands in front of an anti-globalization graffiti

Anti-globalization demonstrator in action

Anti-globalization protester Carlo Giuliani,23, lies dead after shotby Italian paramilitary policeman

A bleeding anti-globalization protestor lies down after clashesbetween protesters and police

Italian riot police try to disperse protesters

Clashes between protesters and police

A bleeding anti-globalization protestor is taken away by Italian police

Anti-globalization demonstrator moves forward to Italian riot policemenafter Carlo Giuliani,23, shot dead by Italian paramilitary policeman

IRAQ BEFORE THE WAR.

An Arab man dives on the pool of the Al-Rasheed hotel as the tempraturerises high in Baghdad

Iraqi Shiite prays at al-Khathumiya holy shrine in Baghdad

Iraqi man stands as cars passing by a huge wall portrait of Iraqi PresidentSaddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad

Iraqi man jump onto a tank destroyed during the Gulf War by depleteduranium ammunition, inside the UN buffer zone in Iraqi-Kuweit border

Iraqi armed woman flashes the victory sign during a parade in Tikrit,the birthplace of the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein north of Baghdad

Two Iraqi workers pray at the al-Doura oil refinery outside Baghdad

Peace demonstrators from all over the world protest against the war in Baghdad

Iraqi Shiite woman prays at al-Khathumiya holy shrine in Baghdad

Iraqi Navy Colonel Hussein Jassel Al-Jazara,53, poses in front ofhundreds of empty injections used for his treatment. Jazara issuffering from Leukemia following the 1991 Gulf War

Iraqi man pauses inside the destroyed Amiriya bomb shelter, where 408 Iraqicivilians were killed in 1991 when U.S. missiles blasted through the roof

Iraqi men walk in front of a huge wall portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Husseinin downtown Baghdad

Iraqi man counts Iraqi Dinar banknotes inside an exchange office indowntown Baghdad

Iraqi workers refresh a huge statue of President Saddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad

Iraqi boys Salam,12,(R) and Omam Asadi,13(L), practicing with gunsin the frontyard of their house, in the suburbs of Baghdad

A portait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is seen inside a tea shop in Baghdad

A giant work in progress of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is seenin a warehouse in Baghdad

THE IRAQI CRISIS.

An Iraqi man pulls out the sword of a giant work in maintenance ofIraqi President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad

Smoke bellows from burning oil wells and buildings above the sky of Baghdad

An Iraqi man walks by a giant picture of Iraqi President Saddam Husseinin downtown Baghdad

Iraqi boy pauses as he passes by a destroyed building in Baghdad

Smoke billows from a sculpture depicting Iraqi President Saddam Husseinafter looters set it on fire atop the roof of his Al-Salam Presidential Palacein the Iraqi capital

An Iraqi looter waves a white flag as U.S. Marines arrest him and othersin the streets of Baghdad

Iraqi looters lay down following a U.S. Marines operation of searchingthe city to arrest looters and try to bring order to the Iraqi capital

U.S. Marines arrest an Iraqi looter in the streets of Baghdad part ofan operation of searching the city to arrest looters and try to bringorder to the Iraqi capital

An Iraqi looter holds a white flag as U.S. Marines arrest himin the streets of Baghdad part of an operation of searching the cityto arrest looters and try to bring order to the Iraqi capital

Iraqi looters lay down following a U.S. Marines operation of searching the cityto arrest looters and try to bring order to the Iraqi capital

U.S. Marine is seen through night vision goglles manning a check pointoutside Baghdad

U.S. Marine atop an armoured vehicle guards the area in downtown Baghdad

Shiite Muslim worshippers pound their hands on their chests and headsas they celebrate at the Kademiya Shrine on the outskirts of Baghdad

A protester waves an Iraqi flag atop the rubble of a destroyed house in Baghdad

Smoke billows from a sculpture depicting Iraqi President Saddam Husseinafter looters set it on fire atop the roof of his Al-Salam Presidential Palace in Baghdad

Iraqi doctors use guns to defend from looters the Al-Karh hospital and its patients

Iraqi doctor Naser Sabah Hussein Ali reacts after he was beaten by U.S. soldiersat the Saddam medical city hospital in Baghdad

Smoke rises behind a mosque in the outskirts of Baghdad

A ripped portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is seen outsidea destroyed communication center in downtown Baghdad

A defaced portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is seenat the Saddam Center of Art in Baghdad

An Iraqi looter pushes a cart in downtown Baghdad

An Iraqi man throw stones at a statue depicting Iraqi PresidentSaddam Hussein in Baghdad

A crane operated by Iraqis is used to pull down a statue depictingIraqi President Saddam Hussein in Baghdad

U.S. Marine guards al-Adamiya district in Baghdad

Iraqis celebrate as others set fire to a statue depicting IraqiPresident Saddam Hussein in Baghdad

THE WAR IN KOSOVO.

Kosovar Albanian children loot Serb houses. Kosovska Mitrovica, June 1999

Food distribution to Ethnic Albanian refugees. F.Y.R.O.M. border, April 1999

Bread distribution to Ethnic Albanian refugees. F.Y.R.O.M. Border, April 1999

Young Serb Milica Subotic,7, walks in the ruins of a destroyed districtin the center of Pristina. April 30, 1999

NATO airstrike against a civilian bus and Serb policemen kills 17 and woundsmore than 20 people on the road to Pec, in western Kosovo. May 3, 1999

NATO bombing in the street market of Nis,Yugoslavia, May 7,1999

NATO bombing in the street market of Nis,Yugoslavia, May 7,1999

Ethnic Albanian child with psychological problems in Brazde refugee camp

Serb old woman walks on the streets of the northern part (Serb section)of Kosovska Mitrovica. February 2000

Kosovar Albanian refugee Malic Berisha returns to his burned house. Sicev, June 1999

Djakovica. Kosovo, June 1999

DAILY LIFE IN ISRAEL.

Israeli fashion designer student Assa, (R) guards the Cafe Hillel,an elegant coffee shop in the heart of Jerusalem

A member of the Israeli gay and lesbian group Black Laundry wearsa Palestinian headdress as she protests against the Israeli occupationof the West Bank and Gaza

Israeli soldiers patrol near by the coast as Israeli people have an evening walk

Young Israelis enjoy sunbathing behind a security barrier along theMediterranean beach on Tel Aviv's corniche

An Israeli bather leaves Tel Aviv's Mediterranean beach in the eveningof a very warm day

Left-wing Israelis hold anti-occupation banners as they protest closeto the Mediterranean beach on Tel Aviv's coastal street

Israeli Garfinkel (L) embraces his niece Sharon Nagari, sister of Shiri Nagari.Shiri Nagari (picture), killed when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself upin a bus in Jerusalem

Israeli Ely drives his bus No 30 through the streets of Jerusalem asa young Israeli passenger gestures behind him

Israeli passenger reacts to the camera. The frequent bombing attacks havefrightened many people but still buses are the only transportation for the poor citizens

An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man reacts as he seats in bus No 18 which passesthrough downtown Jerusalem

Israeli security guard monitors the gate of the primary school of Bet Hakeremin Jerusalem

Young Israeli passenger sits on bus No 18 which has been targeted three timesby suicide bombers

DOGFIGHTS, YUGOSLAVIA.

History of dogfights begins during Potato hunger when people from Ireland came to America with their dogs. As they were poor, the only

entertainment was dogfights. Croatian and Montenegrian sailors brought dogfights to Yugoslavia in 1982. Nowadays, dogfights with Pit Bull Terriers

are illegal and an easy way for Balkan organizers to earn a lot of money. Dogfight tournaments and local fights are organized all over Yugoslavia,

even during the war. To see the game, public from all parts of Yugoslavia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia and Bosnia, pays a 50 Euros ticket. There is

always a big prize between the owners.

ATHENS SUBWAY.THE CITY BENEATH THE CITY

Athenians walk past a wall picture showing "the Messogiaki gate of Athens”at the underground metro station in Syntagma Square

Athenians walk by a large photograph showing Melina Mercuri standingin front of the Parthenon at the Acropolis metro station

An Athenian woman walks by a picture of the opera divaMaria Callas at the Megaron underground metro station

Athenians wait to board at the underground metro station in Ethniki Amyna

Special policemen guard the underground metro station in Syntagma Square

Athenians use for their transportation the Athens' subway system

Athenians walk at the underground metro stationin Syntagma Square

Athenians look at a 4th century B.C. grave discovered in the earth's strataat the underground metro station in Syntagma Square

Finds from excavations for the metropolital railway of Athens

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