Sri Lankan Tamil women gather to remember loved ones on ‘Missing Lovers Day’

Sri Lankan Tamil women gather to remember their loved ones missing for nearly a decade since the end of the country’s drawn out separatist war in the capital Colombo on 14 February. The women were marking what they called the ‘Missing Lovers Day’ to coincide with Valentine’s Day to draw the spotlight on thousands of people still listed as missing in the island despite the end of the war – AFP