The International Day of the Disappeared on August 30 is an annual commemoration day created to draw attention to the fate of individuals imprisoned at places and under poor conditions unknown to their relatives and/or legal representatives. 
A young boy looks at the pictures of people who disappeared during the Maoist civil war, as International Day of the Disappeared is marked in Kathmandu August 30, 2010. 1350 people have disappeared during the civil war, according to Nepal's Human Rights Commission.
People mourn during a joint burial ceremony of ethnic Albanians who went missing in the 1998-1999 Kosovo war as they mark the International Day of the Disappeared in Kosovo Polje near Pristina August 30, 2010. 
People attend a joint burial ceremony of ethnic Albanians who went missing during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war as they mark the International Day of the Disappeared in Kosovo Polje near Pristina August 30, 2010. 
Relatives and friends of disappeared people light traditional "diyo" lamps to mark the International Day of the Disappeared in memory of Maoist civil war victims,in Kathmandu August 30, 2010. 
People attend a joint burial ceremony of ethnic Albanians who went missing during the 1998-1999 Kosovo war as they mark the International Day of the Disappeared in Kosovo Polje near Pristina August 30, 2010. Courtesy : REUTERS
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