Mitrovica is home to a significant number of Serbs and Albanians. The Serbs are clustered in the northern part of town, the Albanians in the south, with the River Ibar separating the two enclaves.

Mitrovica

A northern Kosovar town sits on the dividing line of Serbian - Albanian tension
Photographs by Philippe Brault and Frederic Sautereau / Oeil Public and Thomas Dworzak / Magnum for TIME

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