Science & Technology, 1st prize
Ziyah Gafic
Grazia Neri
Grazia Neri
01 June, 2001
In an effort to trace any of the 27,000 people missing after the Bosnian war of 1992-1995, personal effects are often recovered, along with bones. A number of international organizations are unearthing remains. Investigators use forensic techniques to identify the bodies exhumed from mass graves.
Ziyah Gafic
Ziyah Gafic was born in Sarajevo, where he studied comparative literature. Since 1999 he has travelled extensively and covered major events in more than 40 countries. Gafic’s wo...
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