22 Extremely Powerful Images
mexico1973
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10/28/2015
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Touching photographs sure to tug at your heartstrings.
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Kiki, age 7, is pulled from the ruins left by the Haiti earthquake and into the arms of his mother. -
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A Ukrainian woman places carnations into shields of anti-riot policemen outside the presidential office in Kiev. Ukraine -
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Tracy Caldwell looks down on Earth from the International Space Station -
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Here, an eight-year-old Syrian rebel is pictured with a cigarette and an AK-47 draped over his shoulder. -
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A police officer pepper-sprays Occupy protesters at the University of California -
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The first waves of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, which killed over 200,000 people, hit the shore. -
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This girls eyes clouded over after witnessing the nuclear blast at Hiroshima. -
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A soldier from the 1st Marine Division, holds a child after she was separated from her family during a firefight. -
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Elite runner Jaqueline Kiplimo helps a disabled Chinese athlete during the 2010 Zheng-Kai marathon, costing her first place. -
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Kevin Berthia is talked out of jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge by police officers. -
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This 13-year-old Columbian girl was stuck under debris for three days following a volcanic eruption in 1985. She eventually died due to her injuries. -
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Elizabeth Ann Eckford was one of nine African-American students allowed entry into Little Rock Central High School in 1957 – she was determined to gain victory over hate. -
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An allied prisoner of war following liberation in Limburg, Germany, 1945. -
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Anna Fisher was the first astronaut/mother to foray into space in 1985. -
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Bibi Aisha had her nose and ears cut off after escaping an abusive marriage to a Taliban fighter. She was left for dead but was rescued by US aid workers. -
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US Airways Flight 1549 floats on the Hudson river after crash landing, miraculously, everyone survived -
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A Brazilian boy plays the violin during his teacher's funeral. The teacher helped the boy escape a life of poverty and violence. -
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Police escort thousands of refugees through Slovenia while citizens march to welcome them into their country. -
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The Columbia Space Shuttle breaks apart during re entry -
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A group of men are shown how to use a condom for the first time in Papua, Indonesia. -
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The Falling Man” is described as “perhaps the most powerful image of despair at the beginning of the twenty-first century.” -
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