Bosnian Muslims mourn over the caskets with the remains of their relatives ahead of a burial ceremony at the memorial cemetery in village of Potocari, near the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica, on July 10, 2025, marking the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. Thousands of people are expected to gather in Srebrenica on July 11 to commemorate the genocide committed 30 years ago by Bosnian Serb forces, one of Europe's worst atrocities since World War II. The remains of seven victims of the massacre will be laid to rest during Friday'sc ommemorations, marking the bloodiest episode of Bosnia's inter-ethnic war in the 1990s. The war broke out after Bosnia declared independence, a move supported by the country's Muslims and Croats but rejected by Serbs.
On July 11, 1995, after a siege of more than three months, Bosnian Serb forces captured the eastern town - a UN-protected enclave at the time. (Photo by Elvis BARUKCIC / AFP)
