20 Powerful Images From The Darker Side Of Life

Nathan Johnson Published 03/02/2020 in feels

Sad stories and moving photographs of life's sadder moments.

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Grandpa with Alzheimer's
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The boy on the left is 5 and survived a terrorist attack that killed his whole family. This is the moment he sees his best friend after the attack in the hospital
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“This was where our house was, the body may be that of my mother.” Chieko Ryu – Nagasaki, Japan 1945
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Girl has a graduation ceremony in front of her terminally ill mother.
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A father and his young son, both addicted to heroin.
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An Afghan woman who had her nose and ears cut off by the Taliban for trying to leave her husband.
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The only known photograph of German serial Killer Karl Denke after he hanged himself in his cell. When police searched his house they found human flesh in cured salt jars and a ledger detailing the murder of at least 42 people. He also claimed to sell human flesh at markets as pork. 1924
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A grieving widow cries over a plastic bag containing remains of her husband which were found in a mass grave. He was killed during the Tet offensive in 1968
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Samar Hassan, 5, screams after her parents were killed by U.S. Soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division in a shooting January 18, 2005 in Tal Afar, Iraq.
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A missionary holds the hand of a starving boy in the Karamoja region of Uganda, April 1980.
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Survivor of a Hutu Death Camp in Rwanda
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Wedding bands that were removed from holocaust victims before they were executed
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54 years ago, the KKK detonated at least 15 sticks of dynamite under the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama, killing four children and injuring 22 people
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The blood splatter from Adam Lanza’s suicide after he murdered 27 people in the Sandy Hook shooting
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Iraqi Mother searching for her son after terror attack
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JFK’s shirt after his assassination
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An Iraqi man comforts his 4-year-old son
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Aftermath of Las Vegas shooting
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A letter from father to son

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Grandpa with Alzheimer's
2.
The boy on the left is 5 and survived a terrorist attack that killed his whole family. This is the moment he sees his best friend after the attack in the hospital
3.
“This was where our house was, the body may be that of my mother.” Chieko Ryu – Nagasaki, Japan 1945
4.
Girl has a graduation ceremony in front of her terminally ill mother.
5.
A father and his young son, both addicted to heroin.
6.
An Afghan woman who had her nose and ears cut off by the Taliban for trying to leave her husband.
7.
The only known photograph of German serial Killer Karl Denke after he hanged himself in his cell. When police searched his house they found human flesh in cured salt jars and a ledger detailing the murder of at least 42 people. He also claimed to sell human flesh at markets as pork. 1924
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A grieving widow cries over a plastic bag containing remains of her husband which were found in a mass grave. He was killed during the Tet offensive in 1968
9.
Samar Hassan, 5, screams after her parents were killed by U.S. Soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division in a shooting January 18, 2005 in Tal Afar, Iraq.
10.
A missionary holds the hand of a starving boy in the Karamoja region of Uganda, April 1980.
11.
Survivor of a Hutu Death Camp in Rwanda
12.
Wedding bands that were removed from holocaust victims before they were executed
13.
54 years ago, the KKK detonated at least 15 sticks of dynamite under the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama, killing four children and injuring 22 people
14.
The blood splatter from Adam Lanza’s suicide after he murdered 27 people in the Sandy Hook shooting
15.
Iraqi Mother searching for her son after terror attack
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JFK’s shirt after his assassination
17.
An Iraqi man comforts his 4-year-old son
18.
Aftermath of Las Vegas shooting
19.
A letter from father to son

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1. Grandpa with Alzheimer's

2. The boy on the left is 5 and survived a terrorist attack that killed his whole family. This is the moment he sees his best friend after the attack in the hospital

3. “This was where our house was, the body may be that of my mother.” Chieko Ryu – Nagasaki, Japan 1945

4. Girl has a graduation ceremony in front of her terminally ill mother.

5. A father and his young son, both addicted to heroin.

6. An Afghan woman who had her nose and ears cut off by the Taliban for trying to leave her husband.

7. The only known photograph of German serial Killer Karl Denke after he hanged himself in his cell. When police searched his house they found human flesh in cured salt jars and a ledger detailing the murder of at least 42 people. He also claimed to sell human flesh at markets as pork. 1924

8. A grieving widow cries over a plastic bag containing remains of her husband which were found in a mass grave. He was killed during the Tet offensive in 1968

9. Samar Hassan, 5, screams after her parents were killed by U.S. Soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division in a shooting January 18, 2005 in Tal Afar, Iraq.

10. A missionary holds the hand of a starving boy in the Karamoja region of Uganda, April 1980.

11. Survivor of a Hutu Death Camp in Rwanda

12. Wedding bands that were removed from holocaust victims before they were executed

13. 54 years ago, the KKK detonated at least 15 sticks of dynamite under the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama, killing four children and injuring 22 people

14. The blood splatter from Adam Lanza’s suicide after he murdered 27 people in the Sandy Hook shooting

15. Iraqi Mother searching for her son after terror attack

16. JFK’s shirt after his assassination

17. An Iraqi man comforts his 4-year-old son

18. Aftermath of Las Vegas shooting

19. A letter from father to son

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1.
Grandpa with Alzheimer's

2.
The boy on the left is 5 and survived a terrorist attack that killed his whole family. This is the moment he sees his best friend after the attack in the hospital

3.
“This was where our house was, the body may be that of my mother.” Chieko Ryu – Nagasaki, Japan 1945

4.
Girl has a graduation ceremony in front of her terminally ill mother.

5.
A father and his young son, both addicted to heroin.

6.
An Afghan woman who had her nose and ears cut off by the Taliban for trying to leave her husband.

7.
The only known photograph of German serial Killer Karl Denke after he hanged himself in his cell. When police searched his house they found human flesh in cured salt jars and a ledger detailing the murder of at least 42 people. He also claimed to sell human flesh at markets as pork. 1924

8.
A grieving widow cries over a plastic bag containing remains of her husband which were found in a mass grave. He was killed during the Tet offensive in 1968

9.
Samar Hassan, 5, screams after her parents were killed by U.S. Soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division in a shooting January 18, 2005 in Tal Afar, Iraq.

10.
A missionary holds the hand of a starving boy in the Karamoja region of Uganda, April 1980.

11.
Survivor of a Hutu Death Camp in Rwanda

12.
Wedding bands that were removed from holocaust victims before they were executed

13.
54 years ago, the KKK detonated at least 15 sticks of dynamite under the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama, killing four children and injuring 22 people

14.
The blood splatter from Adam Lanza’s suicide after he murdered 27 people in the Sandy Hook shooting

15.
Iraqi Mother searching for her son after terror attack

16.
JFK’s shirt after his assassination

17.
An Iraqi man comforts his 4-year-old son

18.
Aftermath of Las Vegas shooting

19.
A letter from father to son