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Chris Parkes

In Sierra Leone, Bombali Amputee Football Association team captain Mohamad intercepts the ball mid-flight, showing off athleticism and resilience. “The decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone was witness to horrifying deliberate amputations by rebel forces,“ explains Your Shot photographer Chris Parkes. “Out of this grew amputee communities and amputee football teams.“

Your Shot photographer Chris Parkes made this portrait of Falmatta in Nigeria, whose real name has been withheld due to security reasons. Chris writes that she is "was one of the thousands of people staying in Dikwa, a town that was occupied by Boko Haram for three years. Most of the population now live in internally displaced people camps as their homes have been gutted."

In Sierra Leone, Bombali Amputee Football Association team captain Mohamad intercepts the ball mid-flight, showing off athleticism and resilience. "The decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone was witness to horrifying deliberate amputations by rebel forces," explains Your Shot photographer Chris Parkes. "Out of this grew amputee communities and amputee football teams."

"Bombali Amputee Football Association team captain Mohamad intercepts the ball mid-flight, showing off his athleticism and resilience..." writes Your Shot photographer Chris Parkes. "The decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone was witness to horrifying deliberate amputations by rebel forces. Out of this grew amputee communities and amputee football teams."