I am rubbish at trying to post pictures but I have found the pictures, and indeed the comments, in this thread really interesting to read. Thank you to all that have contributed.
Agreed Joyron - interesting thread
CHERNOBYL
They're not laughing now.
Little Jamie....Poor darling angel.
Jumeirah Beach Hotel
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Scotty I do hope they are at peace too.I think 9/11 was a turning point in History, nothing was to be the same after that awful day This is probably a defining moment for me as I guess it is the moment I truly began to understand the War on Terror and what people are capable of to suit their own agendas....it made me realise that these things don't just happen in War Torn Counties, as with 7/7... ...I shall never erase the images of that day from my mind, I don't think it is possible, I had tears in my eyes when you posted that picture...to think, a Family, watching the whole horror unfold must've recognised their loved one The pictures of people leaping from the Towers stir most emotion up in me, I'd like to believe they all died immediately with no suffering, these pictures just show the utter loss and absolute desperation they felt...
DD 
I don`t have many words to say after reading your post, which moved me deeply. All I can say is, I feel the same way.Reference: Lee
Little Jamie....Poor darling angel.
I know Lee..heart breaking 
In a way, it's man's inhumanity to man 
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In a way, it's man's inhumanity to man
So very true Pam. Like most people..I`ll never understand it.
Can everyone post a description along with their picture, as some of them aren't instantly recognisable from the offset. Thanks 
Saddam Hussein captured.
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Can everyone post a description along with their picture, as some of them aren't instantly recognisable from the offset. Thanks
Waits for Bliz
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Waits for Bliz
Me too 
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Can everyone post a description along with their picture, as some of them aren't instantly recognisable from the offset. Thanks
River Rock, the only one I don't know the significance of is the satellite pic you posted. Is it the snow we had this winter?
A vulture waiting for this poor child to die... The photographer killed himself not long after taking this photo from guilt at not helping the child...
Makes me want to weep every time I see this photo and the suffering of the child and remembering how the photographer must have suffered too...
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Is it the snow we had this winter?
It is supes 
OMG Lazybug ... what a photograph, and what a story
Oh crikey Lazybug! just when you think things can't get any more harrowing
Tell me about it! I'm weeping at many of these photos on here
How about this one...
No explanation needed really
No explanation needed really
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How about this one...
Flipping heck ...
This picture of a 21-week fetus hand reaching up through an incision in its mother's uterus to grab the finger of the surgeon who had just performed a life-saving procedure.
The photographer said that "out of the corner of my eye I saw the uterus shake, but no one's hands were near it. It was shaking from within. Suddenly, an entire arm thrust out of the opening, then pulled back until just a little hand was showing. The doctor reached over and lifted the hand, which reacted and squeezed the doctor's finger. As if testing for strength, the doctor shook the tiny fist."
Amazing!
Super, yeh it was the satellite pictures of this winter, quite extraordinary.
some very moving pictures and gives us all lots to think about doesn't it.
Omayra Sanchez (the girl pictured) was 12 years old at the time and lived with her parents, her brother and an uncle. However, prior to the tragedy, her mother had traveled to BogotÃĄ on business. Omayra could not escape and was trapped under her own home's concrete plaque and debris.
When rescue teams tried to help her, they realized that her legs were trapped. The only feasible option was to pull her out by breaking and ripping her legs off. Omayra remained strong until the last moment of her life. According to people who were by her side during those moments, the little girl wanted to live, saying her only worry was to go back to school.
The people who were trying to save her life begged the pilots of overflying helicopters to get a pump so the water could have been drained out. After two days a pump was delivered, but unfortunately it did not work properly and finally got stuck because of the mud and debris.
Very sad
The Zeebrugge Ferry Disaster, 193 lives lost ...
Lockerbie, Pan Am Flight 103, enough said...
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A vulture waiting for this poor child to die... The photographer killed himself not long after taking this photo from guilt at not helping the child... Makes me want to weep every time I see this photo and the suffering of the child and remembering how the photographer must have suffered too...
OMG, I have now words, shocking and heartbreaking 
aw my god i'm crying buckets here 
that poor child and the vulture
that poor child and the vulture Reference:Lazybug
How about this one... No explanation needed really
heartbreaking :sad:Reference:Lazybug
This picture of a 21-week fetus hand reaching up through an incision in its mother's uterus to grab the finger of the surgeon who had just performed a life-saving procedure. The photographer said that "out of the corner of my eye I saw the uterus shake, but no one's hands were near it. It was shaking from within. Suddenly, an entire arm thrust out of the opening, then pulled back until just a little hand was showing. The doctor reached over and lifted the hand, which reacted and squeezed the doctor's finger. As if testing for strength, the doctor shook the tiny fist." Amazing!
That is an amazing picture and story....
CHILD AND VULTURE photograph:
In March 1993 Carter made a trip to southern Sudan. The sound of soft, high-pitched whimpering near the village of Ayod attracted Carter to an emaciated Sudanese toddler. The girl had stopped to rest while struggling to a feeding center, whereupon a vulture had landed nearby. He said that he waited about 20 minutes, hoping that the vulture would spread its wings. It didn't. Carter snapped the haunting photograph and chased the vulture away [2]. However, he also came under heavy criticism for just photographing â and not helping â the little girl:
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In March 1993 Carter made a trip to southern Sudan. The sound of soft, high-pitched whimpering near the village of Ayod attracted Carter to an emaciated Sudanese toddler. The girl had stopped to rest while struggling to a feeding center, whereupon a vulture had landed nearby. He said that he waited about 20 minutes, hoping that the vulture would spread its wings. It didn't. Carter snapped the haunting photograph and chased the vulture away [2]. However, he also came under heavy criticism for just photographing â and not helping â the little girl:
He also committed suicide 3 weeks after receiving the Pulitzer Prize
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It was the fourth school year since segregation had been outlawed by the Supreme Court. Things were not going well, and some southerners accused the national press of distorting matters. This picture, however, gave irrefutable testimony, as Elizabeth Eckford strides through a gantlet of white students, including Hazel Bryant (mouth open the widest), on her way to Little Rock's Central High.
It was the fourth school year since segregation had been outlawed by the Supreme Court. Things were not going well, and some southerners accused the national press of distorting matters. This picture, however, gave irrefutable testimony, as Elizabeth Eckford strides through a gantlet of white students, including Hazel Bryant (mouth open the widest), on her way to Little Rock's Central High.
I feel so sorry for kevin carter - who wud wish suicide on anyone.
But to wait 20mins while that child suffered just to capture a better photograph is a terrible thing to have done.
But to wait 20mins while that child suffered just to capture a better photograph is a terrible thing to have done.
I cried in bed last night after seeing that pic of the poor darlin with the vulture waiting at her side....TBH I can't understand why the photographer or anyone with him didn't take her to the feeding centre....What a high price in terms of human life was paid for that pic.