{"id":975,"date":"2012-05-25T19:38:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T19:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/?p=975"},"modified":"2012-06-06T18:31:09","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T18:31:09","slug":"20-most-powerful-images-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/25\/20-most-powerful-images-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Most Powerful Images of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The images and stories behind these powerful pictures range from the depths of suffering to the pinnacle of our achievements. Some of these images are definitely NSFW\/NSFL. I was actually a bit numb after putting this post together but felt it is important to see and share the greatness and horribleness of ourselves and our universe. If you have any other ideas for powerful images or stories please feel free to post a comment.<strong>Click to make images larger.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc who burned himself to death to protest Diem during the Vietnam War. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thich_Quang_Duc#Self-immolation\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Th\u00c3\u00adch_Qu\u00e1\u00ba\u00a3ng_\u00c4\u0090\u00e1\u00bb\u00a9c_self-immolation_budhist_on_fire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-976\" title=\"Th\u00c3\u00adch_Qu\u00e1\u00ba\u00a3ng_\u00c4\u0090\u00e1\u00bb\u00a9c_self-immolation_budhist_on_fire\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Th\u00c3\u00adch_Qu\u00e1\u00ba\u00a3ng_\u00c4\u0090\u00e1\u00bb\u00a9c_self-immolation_budhist_on_fire-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Man staring straight at Heinrich Himmler, Hitler&#8217;s right hand who was responsible for organizing the Holocaust.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/defiance_of_nazi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-977\" title=\"defiance_of_nazi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/defiance_of_nazi-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/defiance_of_nazi-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/defiance_of_nazi-1024x909.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong>The picture is of the charred remains of an Iraqi Soldier with his last expression of pain imprinted on his face, his arms slumped over the window of the truck, attempting to lift himself out. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenneth_Jarecke#Famous_picture\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bombed_retreating_iraqui_convoy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-978\" title=\"bombed_retreating_iraqui_convoy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bombed_retreating_iraqui_convoy-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bombed_retreating_iraqui_convoy-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bombed_retreating_iraqui_convoy-739x1024.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bombed_retreating_iraqui_convoy.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> One of the 25,000 victims of the Nevado del Ruiz (Colombia) volcano which erupted on November 14, 1985.<br \/>\nThe 13-year old had been trapped in water and concrete for 3 days, and this photo was taken shortly before she died. Her eyes probably are so dark because of internal bleeding..<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/girl_trapped_in_rubble_volcano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-979\" title=\"girl_trapped_in_rubble_volcano\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/girl_trapped_in_rubble_volcano-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/girl_trapped_in_rubble_volcano-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/girl_trapped_in_rubble_volcano.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also here is a news video of an interview..<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MKL2M-qw4sU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> Sunset on Mars. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/multimedia\/imagegallery\/image_feature_347.html\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/sunset_on_mars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-980\" title=\"sunset_on_mars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/sunset_on_mars-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/sunset_on_mars-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/sunset_on_mars-1024x788.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> There were significant health concerns for a huge percentage of the Haiti population, in the midst of devastating infrastructure damage and chaos. This man is trying to dispose of the massive amount of dead bodies.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Haiti_earthquake_throwing_body.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-981\" title=\"Haiti_earthquake_throwing_body\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Haiti_earthquake_throwing_body-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Haiti_earthquake_throwing_body-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Haiti_earthquake_throwing_body.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> A father stares at the hands of his five year-old daughter, which were severed as a punishment for having harvested too little caoutchouc\/rubber. <a href=\"http:\/\/iconicphotos.wordpress.com\/2011\/02\/10\/congo-then-and-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/5_year_old_hands_removed_for_not_enough_harvest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-982\" title=\"5_year_old_hands_removed_for_not_enough_harvest\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/5_year_old_hands_removed_for_not_enough_harvest-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/5_year_old_hands_removed_for_not_enough_harvest-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/5_year_old_hands_removed_for_not_enough_harvest.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong> Priest trying to save wounded soldier<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/priest_saving_soldier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-983\" title=\"priest_saving_soldier\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/priest_saving_soldier-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/priest_saving_soldier-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/priest_saving_soldier.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong> Lyndon Johnson Inauguration<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Inauguration_of_Lyndon_Johnson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-984\" title=\"Inauguration_of_Lyndon_Johnson\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Inauguration_of_Lyndon_Johnson-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Inauguration_of_Lyndon_Johnson-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Inauguration_of_Lyndon_Johnson-1024x810.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong> Tank Man <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tank_Man\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tank_man_tinamen_square.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-985\" title=\"Tank_man_tinamen_square\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tank_man_tinamen_square-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tank_man_tinamen_square-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Tank_man_tinamen_square.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>11.<\/strong> Holocaust child asked to draw &#8220;home&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/holocaust_survivor_drawing_home.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-986\" title=\"holocaust_survivor_drawing_home\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/holocaust_survivor_drawing_home-261x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/holocaust_survivor_drawing_home-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/holocaust_survivor_drawing_home.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>12.<\/strong> Space Walk<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Space_walk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-987\" title=\"Space_walk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Space_walk-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Space_walk-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Space_walk.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>13.<\/strong> Old Egyptian Sphinx<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sphix_old_picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-988\" title=\"Sphix_old_picture\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sphix_old_picture-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sphix_old_picture-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sphix_old_picture-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Sphix_old_picture.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>14.<\/strong> Earth from 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) away. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pale_Blue_Dot\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pale_Blue_Dot_Earth_from_far_away.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-989\" title=\"Pale_Blue_Dot_Earth_from_far_away\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pale_Blue_Dot_Earth_from_far_away-221x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pale_Blue_Dot_Earth_from_far_away-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Pale_Blue_Dot_Earth_from_far_away.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Carl Sagan Quote about this picture:<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nBut for us, it&#8217;s different. Look again at that dot. That&#8217;s here. That&#8217;s home. That&#8217;s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every &#8220;superstar,&#8221; every &#8220;supreme leader,&#8221; every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there \u00e2\u20ac\u201c on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.<br \/>\nThe earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of the dot on scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner of the dot. How frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in all this vastness \u00e2\u20ac\u201c there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us. It&#8217;s been said that astronomy is a humbling, and I might add, a character-building experience. To my mind, there is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we&#8217;ve ever known.<br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>15.<\/strong> Man Falling from the World Trade Center on 9\/11 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Falling_Man\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/man_falling_from_world_trade_center.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-990\" title=\"man_falling_from_world_trade_center\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/man_falling_from_world_trade_center-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/man_falling_from_world_trade_center-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/man_falling_from_world_trade_center.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>16.<\/strong> Man Walks on Moon<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/walk_on_moon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-991\" title=\"walk_on_moon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/walk_on_moon-300x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/walk_on_moon-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/walk_on_moon.jpg 548w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>17.<\/strong> The vulture is waiting for the girl to die to eat her. The photograph was taken by South African photojournalist, Kevin Carter, while on assignment to Sudan. He took his own life a couple of month later due to depression. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_Carter#Prize-winning_photograph_in_Sudan\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/vulture_waiting_for_child_to_die.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-992\" title=\"vulture_waiting_for_child_to_die\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/vulture_waiting_for_child_to_die-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/vulture_waiting_for_child_to_die-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/vulture_waiting_for_child_to_die.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>18.<\/strong> Little girl screaming after an Afghan suicide attack. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2131084\/Pulitzer-Prize-winners-2012-Picture-screaming-girl-standing-amid-Afghan-suicide-attack-carnage.html\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/girl_standing_after_afghan_suicide_attack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-993\" title=\"girl_standing_after_afghan_suicide_attack\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/girl_standing_after_afghan_suicide_attack-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>19.<\/strong> Child of a KKK member is innocently curious about a black police officer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/child_of_kkk_touch_black_police_shield.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-996\" title=\"child_of_kkk_touch_black_police_shield\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/child_of_kkk_touch_black_police_shield-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/child_of_kkk_touch_black_police_shield-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/child_of_kkk_touch_black_police_shield.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><strong>20.<\/strong> Holocaust Victims realize they are free<br \/>\nThis picture was taken by Major Clarence L. Benjamin. He recounted:<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153At the instant a few of the train people saw our tanks and first realized they had been liberated. Many of those close to the train are not yet aware of their liberation.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jewish_people_liberated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-995\" title=\"Jewish_people_liberated after Holocaust\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jewish_people_liberated-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jewish_people_liberated-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jewish_people_liberated.jpeg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Bonus 1\/4: Afghan Girls Eyes Speck Volumes<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/famou-afghan-girl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-997\" title=\"famou-afghan-girl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/famou-afghan-girl-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/famou-afghan-girl-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/famou-afghan-girl.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Bonus 2\/4: A Vietnam vet remembers his friends at the memorial. and they remember him.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/vietnam-memorial-man_touches_friends_touch_back1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-998\" title=\"vietnam-memorial-man_touches_friends_touch_back\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/vietnam-memorial-man_touches_friends_touch_back1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/vietnam-memorial-man_touches_friends_touch_back1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/vietnam-memorial-man_touches_friends_touch_back1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Bonus 3\/4: John Lennon signs and autograph for his future murderer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/John_Lennon_autograph_for_murderer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-999\" title=\"John_Lennon_autograph_for_murderer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/John_Lennon_autograph_for_murderer-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/John_Lennon_autograph_for_murderer-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/John_Lennon_autograph_for_murderer.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Bonus 4\/4: Zoomable image of a billion suns <a href=\"http:\/\/djer.roe.ac.uk\/vsa\/vvv\/iipmooviewer-2.0-beta\/vvvgps5.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/djer.roe.ac.uk\/vsa\/vvv\/iipmooviewer-2.0-beta\/vvvgps5.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The images and stories behind these powerful pictures range from the depths of suffering to the pinnacle of our achievements. Some of these images are definitely NSFW\/NSFL. I was actually a bit numb after putting this post together but felt &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/25\/20-most-powerful-images-of-all-time\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,54,83,279,215],"tags":[117,45,280],"class_list":["post-975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-foreign","category-government","category-images-2","category-reference","tag-best","tag-images","tag-most-powerful-images"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danielyerelian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}