Polaris Images

UNICEF Photo of the Year

Yannis Kontos's "Mentally Challenged"


Borivoje Djuragin, 11 years old, nickname "Bora". With dermatological problems visible on his head and possibly not knowing that his mother and sister are also mentally challenged in other institutions, about the picture he said, "That's my head!"


Danijela Mudrinic, 10 years old. Due to her aggressive reactions she spends the whole day tied up in her bed. She doesn't speak, doesn't walk and does not understand. She threw away the picture.