22 Extremely Powerful Images
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10/28/2015
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Touching photographs sure to tug at your heartstrings.
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1. Kiki, age 7, is pulled from the ruins left by the Haiti earthquake and into the arms of his mother.
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2. A Ukrainian woman places carnations into shields of anti-riot policemen outside the presidential office in Kiev. Ukraine
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3. Tracy Caldwell looks down on Earth from the International Space Station
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4. Here, an eight-year-old Syrian rebel is pictured with a cigarette and an AK-47 draped over his shoulder.
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5. A police officer pepper-sprays Occupy protesters at the University of California
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6. The first waves of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, which killed over 200,000 people, hit the shore.
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7. This girls eyes clouded over after witnessing the nuclear blast at Hiroshima.
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8. A soldier from the 1st Marine Division, holds a child after she was separated from her family during a firefight.
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9. Elite runner Jaqueline Kiplimo helps a disabled Chinese athlete during the 2010 Zheng-Kai marathon, costing her first place.
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10. Kevin Berthia is talked out of jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge by police officers.
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11. 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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12. 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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13. An allied prisoner of war following liberation in Limburg, Germany, 1945.
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14. Anna Fisher was the first astronaut/mother to foray into space in 1985.
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15. 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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16. US Airways Flight 1549 floats on the Hudson river after crash landing, miraculously, everyone survived
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17. 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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18. Police escort thousands of refugees through Slovenia while citizens march to welcome them into their country.
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19. The Columbia Space Shuttle breaks apart during re entry
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20. A group of men are shown how to use a condom for the first time in Papua, Indonesia.
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21. 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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