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Yiannis Kontos P H O T O J O U R N A L I S T.
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Yiannis KontosP H O T O J O U R N A L I S T
SIERRA LEONE, AMPUTEE.LIFE AS AN AMPUTEEAbu 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, 1999Pictures of the year, Award of excellence, Global News, 1999
Kurd Akwar Serhan Aziz sets himself ablaze outside the Greek parliament in Athens, February 1999
Kurd Akwar Serhan Aziz sets himself ablaze outside The Greek parliament in Athens, February 1999
Kurd Akwar Serhan Aziz sets himself ablaze outside the Greek parliament in Athens, February 1999
Kurd Akwar Serhan Aziz sets himself ablaze outside the Greek parliament in Athens, February 1999
Kurd Akwar Serhan Aziz sets himself ablaze outside the Greek parliament in Athens, February 1999
Kurd Akwar Serhan Aziz sets himself ablaze outside the Greek parliament in Athens, February 1999
Anti-globalization activist demonstrates in front of Italian policemen
Anti-globalization protester Carlo Giuliani,23, lies dead after shot by Italian paramilitary policeman
A bleeding anti-globalization protestor lies down after clashes between protesters and police
A bleeding anti-globalization protestor is taken away by Italian police
Anti-globalization demonstrator moves forward to Italian riot policemen after Carlo Giuliani,23, shot dead by Italian paramilitary policeman
An Arab man dives on the pool of the Al-Rasheed hotel as the temprature rises high in Baghdad
Iraqi man stands as cars passing by a huge wall portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad
Iraqi man jump onto a tank destroyed during the Gulf War by depleted uranium 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 of hundreds of empty injections used for his treatment. Jazara is suffering from Leukemia following the 1991 Gulf War
Iraqi man pauses inside the destroyed Amiriya bomb shelter, where 408 Iraqi civilians 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 Hussein in downtown Baghdad
Iraqi man counts Iraqi Dinar banknotes inside an exchange office in downtown 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 guns in 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 seen in a warehouse in Baghdad
An Iraqi man pulls out the sword of a giant work in maintenance of Iraqi 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 Hussein in downtown Baghdad
Iraqi boy pauses as he passes by a destroyed building in Baghdad
Smoke billows from a sculpture depicting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein after looters set it on fire atop the roof of his Al-Salam Presidential Palace in the Iraqi capital