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    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Yannis Kontos
    • Nationality Greece
    • Organization / Publication Polaris Images
    • Category Contemporary Issues
    • Prize 1st prize
    • Date 13-11-2005
    • Country Sierra Leone
    • Caption Young Abu (7) buttons his father's collar in their shelter in a camp for amputees near Freetown. Abu Bakarr Kargbo had both arms cut off by rebels of the Revolutionary United Front when they attacked Freetown in 1999. Some 50,000 people were killed and thousands more had their bodies mutilated in a civil war between government and rebel forces that lasted from 1991 to 2002. Hacking off hands or arms of civilians was a rebel trademark, designed to sow terror among their enemies. In 2004 a peaceful settlement was finally reached and a war crimes tribunal opened. Former combatants from both sides benefited from social reintegration programs, but little was directed at amputees.
    • Year 2005
    • Photographer Donald Weber
    • Nationality Canada
    • Organization / Publication Polaris Images
    • Category Daily Life
    • Prize Honorable mention
    • Date 25-04-2005
    • Country Ukraine
    • Place Orane
    • Caption Viktor Popovichenko (32), takes a tumble after one too many shots of samegun, a homemade vodka that sells for US$ 1 a liter. Viktor drinks a bottle a day. Orane is a nearly deserted village just 30km from Chernobyl, scene of the nuclear disaster of 1986. With no work and few other activities to keep them busy, many residents resort to alcohol to pass the time. A recent World Mental Health survey in Ukraine found that 38.7 percent of men were heavy alcohol users.
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