Some of the most powerful images from around the world

[Toon]

Some of the most powerful images from around the world



1957. The first day of Dorothy Counts at the Harry Harding High School in the United States . Counts was one of the first black students admitted in the school, and she was no longer able to stand the harassments after 4 days.


January 12, 1960. A second before the Japanese Socialist Party leader Asanuma was murdered by an opponent student.



1963. Thich Quang Duc, the Buddhist priest in Southern Vietnam , burns himself to death protesting the government's torture policy against priests. Thich Quang Dug never made a sound or moved while he was burning.




1962. A soldier shot by a sniper hangs onto a priest in his last moments.



1965. A mom and her children try to cross the river in South Vietnam in an attempt to run away from the American bombs.



1966. U.S. troops in South Vietnam are dragging a dead Vietkong soldier.




February 1, 1968. South Vietnam police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan shots a young man, whom he suspects to be a Viet Kong soldier.



1972. After South Vietnam planes accidentally drop a bomb on a town.



1973. A few seconds before Chile 's elected president Salvador Allende is dead during the coup.



1975. A woman and a girl falling down after the fire escape collapses.




1980. A kid in Uganda about to die of hunger, and a missionaire.



February 23, 1981. Colonel Molina ve military police seizes the Parliament building in Spain . The photographer did not expect the scene, and hid the films in his shoe





1982. Palestinian refugees murdered in Beirut , Lebanon




1987. A mother in South Korea apologizes and asks for forgiveness for his son who was arrested after attending a protest. He was protesting the alleged manipulations in the general elections.



1989. A young man in China stands before the tanks during protests for democratic reforms.




1992. A mother in Somalia holds the body of her child who died of hunger.



1994. A man who was tortured by the soldiers since he was suspected to have spoken with the Tutsi rebels.




2001. An Afghani refugee kid's body is being prepared for the funeral in Pakistan .




2002. Soldiers and villagers in IRan are digging graves for the victims of the earthquake. A kid holds his father's pants before he is buried.



2003. An Iraqi prisoner of war tries to calm down his child.

[brokendalek]

OMG, that evokes a fair bit of emotion, really sad

[Toon]

sad but important in a bad way

[Arkady]

We should all give thanks to those members of our fraternity with the strength of character to illuminate the darkest corners of our so called civilisation.

[Toon]

well said

[MickyO]

a big piece of history there

[rossable]

most of that is within the past 50 years!

imagine if we had the means of photography we have today 100 years ago...

[blueocto]

Some very moving imagery - those photos speak a thousand words...

[kelz]

That was very sad. My husbands friend was killed by a sniper while he was in Iraq last year.

[brokendalek]

It's just so unnecessary