Yannis Kontos was honored with the 2007 Marco Luchetta Press Award for a feature in Days Japan chronicling the life of Sierra Leone civil war victim Abu Bakarr Kargbo.

Abu, 7, buttons the collar of his father's shirt at a camp for amputees outside Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Abu Bakarr Kargbo, 31, is one of the thousands of victims of forced amputations performed by the
Revolutionary United Front during Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war.