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Monday, March 10, 2014
See Very Touching Photos Of Various Events Around The World
We live our daily lives most times without the knowledge of what's going on in other places, this is not to make up for the events in the news you have ignored but to give you an idea of what certain people have gone through over the years also, not all photos are sad ones.....see all below:
Earth-rise: A photo taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968.
The iconic photo of Tank Man, the unknown rebel who stood in front of a column of Chinese tanks in an act of defiance following the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
Earthquake in Turkey, 1983' Mother cries in front of her 5 children – all dead.
A Sudan People's Liberation Army soldier stands at attention on the eve of South Sudan's independence from Sudan.
From the Window, 1975; Trying to escape the fire, the child and mother fell off when the ladder collapsed. The child, however, survived as he fell on his mother’s dead body.
French civilian cries in despair as Nazis occupy Paris during World War II.
Inter Milan’s Marco Materazzi (L) and AC Milan’s Manuel Rui Costa waits on the pitch as supporters throw flares onto the pitch during their Champions League quarter-final second leg soccer match at the San Siro Stadium in Milan April 12, 2005.
Omarya Sanchez, 1985; Trapped under muddy water by the walls of her own home, the 13-year-old Omarya Sanchez was put to sleep due to havoc caused by Nevado Ruiz Volcano in 1984.
Disaster, 1984; One of the most horrific accidents – The Bhopal Gas Disaster – happened in India in 1984, leaving thousands dead. The photograph is of a baby being buried by his father.
This appalling picture taken by Malcome Browne shows the Vietnamese monk, Thich Duc, allegedly burning his own body in protest because of the increasing rivalry between Buddhists and Catholics in the country. The monk stayed absolutely still while burning.
Harold Whittles hears for the first time ever after a doctor places an earpiece in his left ear.
Another, recently unearthed photo of the Tank Man incident, which shows a new angle of his act of protest, now at a distance. Tank Man can be seen through the trees on the left, and the tanks can be seen on the far right.
John F. Kennedy Jr. salutes his father's coffin along with the honor guard.
Pele and British captain Bobby Moore trade jerseys in 1970 as a sign of mutual respect during a World Cup that had been marred by racism.
Sisters pose for the same photo three separate times, years apart.
War Prisoner, 2003; While this Iraqi prisoner was trying to comfort his 4-year-old son, the little boy was afraid to see his father hooded and handcuffed. The army considered his request to free his hands so he could make his boy feel comfortable.
Lunch atop a Skyscraper. 69 floors above Manhattan, this dizzying image shows workers taking a lunch break on the Rockafella Center. Some claim the picture was a publicity stunt to promote the opening of the skyscraper, but either way it’s terrifying!
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