Images by Carsten Koall (Lightstalkers) http://www.lightstalkers.org/carstenkoall Born 1972 in Halle/ Saale in German Democratic Republic. Start to work as a photographer for different german newspapers in 1992. Member of german photoagency VISUM IMAGES. Since 2005 regular stringer for Getty Imges News. Specialization in news, politics and social issues in eastern europe. Has published in Der Spiegel, Stern, Die Zeit, Focus, National Geographic Germany, El Pais Magazine, The Times, The Boston Globe, Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Sueddeutsche Zeitung as well as numerous other publications in the Germany and abroad. en-us BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: Several tenthousand serbian protesters gather in front of the Serbian government building during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence February 21, in Belgrade, Serbia. After this demonstration serbian nationalists sets fire in the United States embassy. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/566038/42_small.JPG' /><br />BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: Several tenthousand serbian protesters gather in front of the Serbian government building during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence February 21, in Belgrade, Serbia. After this demonstration serbian nationalists sets fire in the United States embassy. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/566038'>BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: Several tenthousand serbian protesters gather in front of the Serbian government building during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence February 21, in Belgrade, Serbia. After this demonstration serbian nationalists sets fire in the United States embassy. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)</a> Tue, 27 May 2008 19:15:01 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/566038 BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: Serbian nationalists wave nationalist flags several tenthousand serbian protesters gather in front of the Serbian government building during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence February 21, in Belgrade, Serbia. After this demonstration serbian nationalists sets fire in the United States embassy. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/566044/44_small.JPG' /><br />BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: Serbian nationalists wave nationalist flags several tenthousand serbian protesters gather in front of the Serbian government building during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence February 21, in Belgrade, Serbia. After this demonstration serbian nationalists sets fire in the United States embassy. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/566044'>BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: Serbian nationalists wave nationalist flags several tenthousand serbian protesters gather in front of the Serbian government building during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence February 21, in Belgrade, Serbia. After this demonstration serbian nationalists sets fire in the United States embassy. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)</a> Tue, 27 May 2008 19:15:01 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/566044 BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: Several tenthousand serbian rotesters gather in front of the Serbian government building during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence February 21, in Belgrade, Serbia. After this demonstration serbian nationalists sets fire in the United States embassy. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/566047/45_small.JPG' /><br />BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: Several tenthousand serbian rotesters gather in front of the Serbian government building during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence February 21, in Belgrade, Serbia. After this demonstration serbian nationalists sets fire in the United States embassy. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/566047'>BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: Several tenthousand serbian rotesters gather in front of the Serbian government building during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence February 21, in Belgrade, Serbia. After this demonstration serbian nationalists sets fire in the United States embassy. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)</a> Tue, 27 May 2008 19:15:01 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/566047 BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: Serbian nationalists opposed to Kosovo's independence storm set a fire at the United States embassy after a massive rally in the Serbian capital February 21, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. Several hundred young men dressed in hooded sports tops and scarfs had broken into the premises on the main boulevard of Kneza Milosa. The embassy was unstaffed at the time of the attack. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/566053/47_small.JPG' /><br />BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: Serbian nationalists opposed to Kosovo's independence storm set a fire at the United States embassy after a massive rally in the Serbian capital February 21, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. Several hundred young men dressed in hooded sports tops and scarfs had broken into the premises on the main boulevard of Kneza Milosa. The embassy was unstaffed at the time of the attack. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/566053'>BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: Serbian nationalists opposed to Kosovo's independence storm set a fire at the United States embassy after a massive rally in the Serbian capital February 21, 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. Several hundred young men dressed in hooded sports tops and scarfs had broken into the premises on the main boulevard of Kneza Milosa. The embassy was unstaffed at the time of the attack. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)</a> Tue, 27 May 2008 19:15:01 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/566053 MITROVICA, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 18: Kosovo Serbs shows with the hands the symbol of serban nationalists during a protest on February 18, 2008 in the ethnically divided northern town of Mitrovica. Protesters took to the streets in key Serb centres across the Balkans on Monday to vent their anger at Kosovo's declaration of independence a day earlier. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/569404/79818883CK024_Serbians_Demo_small.jpg' /><br />MITROVICA, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 18: Kosovo Serbs shows with the hands the symbol of serban nationalists during a protest on February 18, 2008 in the ethnically divided northern town of Mitrovica. Protesters took to the streets in key Serb centres across the Balkans on Monday to vent their anger at Kosovo's declaration of independence a day earlier. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/569404'>MITROVICA, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 18: Kosovo Serbs shows with the hands the symbol of serban nationalists during a protest on February 18, 2008 in the ethnically divided northern town of Mitrovica. Protesters took to the streets in key Serb centres across the Balkans on Monday to vent their anger at Kosovo's declaration of independence a day earlier. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)</a> Tue, 27 May 2008 19:15:01 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/569404 BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: A protester wearing a serbian national cap holds a serbian flag as several tenthousand serbian rotesters gather in front of the Serbian government building during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence February 21, in Belgrade, Serbia. After this demonstration serbian nationalists sets fire in the United States embassy. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/571861/79782806_CK_0096_4361985908A20FB30299EF79E4AC2B12_small.jpg' /><br />BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: A protester wearing a serbian national cap holds a serbian flag as several tenthousand serbian rotesters gather in front of the Serbian government building during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence February 21, in Belgrade, Serbia. After this demonstration serbian nationalists sets fire in the United States embassy. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/571861'>BELGRADE, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 21: A protester wearing a serbian national cap holds a serbian flag as several tenthousand serbian rotesters gather in front of the Serbian government building during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence February 21, in Belgrade, Serbia. After this demonstration serbian nationalists sets fire in the United States embassy. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)</a> Tue, 27 May 2008 19:15:01 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/571861 PRISTINA, KOSOVO - FEBRUARY 19: The ethnic albanian Shefki Macedonci tries to catch a cow which is offered for one thousend euro at the animal bazaar on February 19, 2007 in surrounding of Pristina, Kosovo. Albanians hope for growing up of the economie in Kosovo. Europe's major powers and the United States said on Monday they recognized Kosovo's new independence, as Serbs reacted with anger and some states warned that its secession from Serbia set a dangerous precedent. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/565984/23_small.JPG' /><br />PRISTINA, KOSOVO - FEBRUARY 19: The ethnic albanian Shefki Macedonci tries to catch a cow which is offered for one thousend euro at the animal bazaar on February 19, 2007 in surrounding of Pristina, Kosovo. Albanians hope for growing up of the economie in Kosovo. Europe's major powers and the United States said on Monday they recognized Kosovo's new independence, as Serbs reacted with anger and some states warned that its secession from Serbia set a dangerous precedent. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/565984'>PRISTINA, KOSOVO - FEBRUARY 19: The ethnic albanian Shefki Macedonci tries to catch a cow which is offered for one thousend euro at the animal bazaar on February 19, 2007 in surrounding of Pristina, Kosovo. Albanians hope for growing up of the economie in Kosovo. Europe's major powers and the United States said on Monday they recognized Kosovo's new independence, as Serbs reacted with anger and some states warned that its secession from Serbia set a dangerous precedent. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)</a> Tue, 27 May 2008 19:15:01 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/565984 PRISTINA, KOSOVO - FEBRUARY 20: Workers work on a floor of a new building on February 20, 2008 in Pristina, Kosovo.Albanians hope for improved economic opportunity in Kosovo. Europe's major powers and the United States said on Monday they recognized Kosovo's new independence, but Serbs reacted with anger and some states warned that its secession from Serbia set a dangerous precedent. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/565999/28_small.JPG' /><br />PRISTINA, KOSOVO - FEBRUARY 20: Workers work on a floor of a new building on February 20, 2008 in Pristina, Kosovo.Albanians hope for improved economic opportunity in Kosovo. Europe's major powers and the United States said on Monday they recognized Kosovo's new independence, but Serbs reacted with anger and some states warned that its secession from Serbia set a dangerous precedent. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/565999'>PRISTINA, KOSOVO - FEBRUARY 20: Workers work on a floor of a new building on February 20, 2008 in Pristina, Kosovo.Albanians hope for improved economic opportunity in Kosovo. Europe's major powers and the United States said on Monday they recognized Kosovo's new independence, but Serbs reacted with anger and some states warned that its secession from Serbia set a dangerous precedent. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)</a> Tue, 27 May 2008 19:15:01 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/565999 POLJE, SERBIA - DECEMBER 13: The in the war 1999 banished former serbian inhabitants Svetlana and her husband Radoica Georgevic stay after her comeback outside her new built house on the own ground on December 13, 2007 in Polje, near Pristina, in breakaway province Kosovo, Serbia. The couple fled in the serbian village Razkov, after which their house was totaly burned out. 8 years later they are very happy to come back to their hometown. The new building was part of a project of 40 new built houses for returning serbian families on their former ground by the Kosovo government and the United Nation mission in Kosovo.The U.N. mission in Kosovo accused Serbia on Wednesday of "provocation" by opening a Serbian government office in the Serb north. Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority says it will begin talks with its Western backers on a declaration of independence from Serbia in early 2008. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Svetlana Georgevic; Radoica Georgevic <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/566002/30_small.JPG' /><br />POLJE, SERBIA - DECEMBER 13: The in the war 1999 banished former serbian inhabitants Svetlana and her husband Radoica Georgevic stay after her comeback outside her new built house on the own ground on December 13, 2007 in Polje, near Pristina, in breakaway province Kosovo, Serbia. The couple fled in the serbian village Razkov, after which their house was totaly burned out. 8 years later they are very happy to come back to their hometown. The new building was part of a project of 40 new built houses for returning serbian families on their former ground by the Kosovo government and the United Nation mission in Kosovo.The U.N. mission in Kosovo accused Serbia on Wednesday of "provocation" by opening a Serbian government office in the Serb north. Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority says it will begin talks with its Western backers on a declaration of independence from Serbia in early 2008. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Svetlana Georgevic; Radoica Georgevic<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/566002'>POLJE, SERBIA - DECEMBER 13: The in the war 1999 banished former serbian inhabitants Svetlana and her husband Radoica Georgevic stay after her comeback outside her new built house on the own ground on December 13, 2007 in Polje, near Pristina, in breakaway province Kosovo, Serbia. The couple fled in the serbian village Razkov, after which their house was totaly burned out. 8 years later they are very happy to come back to their hometown. The new building was part of a project of 40 new built houses for returning serbian families on their former ground by the Kosovo government and the United Nation mission in Kosovo.The U.N. mission in Kosovo accused Serbia on Wednesday of "provocation" by opening a Serbian government office in the Serb north. Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority says it will begin talks with its Western backers on a declaration of independence from Serbia in early 2008. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Svetlana Georgevic; Radoica Georgevic</a> Tue, 27 May 2008 19:15:01 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/566002 PRISTINA, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 16: General view of the center on February 16, 2008 in Pristina, in Kosov, Serbia.Kosovan Prime Minister Hashim Thaci is expected to declare independence from Serbia on Sunday, a move supported by the major EU nations and the United States which will be categorically rejected by Serbia and Russia. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/566005/30a_small.JPG' /><br />PRISTINA, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 16: General view of the center on February 16, 2008 in Pristina, in Kosov, Serbia.Kosovan Prime Minister Hashim Thaci is expected to declare independence from Serbia on Sunday, a move supported by the major EU nations and the United States which will be categorically rejected by Serbia and Russia. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/566005'>PRISTINA, SERBIA - FEBRUARY 16: General view of the center on February 16, 2008 in Pristina, in Kosov, Serbia.Kosovan Prime Minister Hashim Thaci is expected to declare independence from Serbia on Sunday, a move supported by the major EU nations and the United States which will be categorically rejected by Serbia and Russia. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)</a> Tue, 27 May 2008 19:15:01 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/566005