• Buhadi, Libya. An ICRC weapon contamination team assesses an ammunition dump in February 2012.
    • Buhadi, Libya. An ICRC weapon contamination team assesses an ammunition dump in February 2012.
      © ICRC / E. Bölin
  • Sirte, Libya. 615 items of unexploded ordnance and 2000 rounds of small arms ammunition are destroyed in a controlled explosion.
    • Sirte, Libya. 615 items of unexploded ordnance and 2000 rounds of small arms ammunition are destroyed in a controlled explosion.
      © ICRC / J. Antunes
  • Nalut Central Demolition Site, Libya. The explosive ordnance disposal team leader prepares an assortment of unexploded shells for demolition in February 2012.
  • Central Demolition Site, near Tripoli, Libya. An ICRC explosive ordnance disposal team works with the Libyan military council to destroy unexploded ordnance in the presence of the Libyan police.
  • Sirte, Libya. Personnel unload ammunition that has not been fired.
  • Sirte, Libya. Hosam plays with his mobile phone. He lost three fingers and two toes playing with an unexploded device.
  • Fatema Al Zahraaa primary school, Az Zawiyah, near Tripoli, Libya. Children learn about the risks associated with unexploded remnants of war from Libyan Red Crescent Society volunteers, supported by the ICRC weapon contamination team.

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