The central figure is a woman, quite large, dominant in size and proportion. She is the motherland – she weeps as she holds an infant, the symbol of hope. But the infant is dead – it represents lost hope. The female figure on the right side is a victim of rape; there is an infant clinging to her. On the left side is a man, still alive, looking confused and disoriented – despair on his face. The young boys are dead – representing the youth the coutry lost. The dead man lying in front portrays the elderly, who were caught in the battle.
Stephen's Images of Life 