- Boy violinist at teacher’s funeral
Diego Frazao Torcuato, 12, from Brazil, plays the violin during the funeral of his mentor, who helped him escape a life of poverty and violence by instilling a love of music.
- Touching reunion after the service.
Terry Gurrolla reunites with his young daughter after serving seven months in Iraq.
- Hunger and Relief
An exhausted boy reaches for food offered to him by a missionary.
- Father and son: 60 years later
A photograph of a father and son in 1949 is repeated in 2009, showing the unchanging bond between generations.
- Lust for Life.
During the devastating Black Saturday forest fires in Australia (2009), a firefighter feeds an exhausted koala from a bottle.
- **”Wait for me, Daddy.’
A famous 1940 photograph of a boy running out to meet his father as he leaves for the front.
- **Rescuing cats in a flood.
A resident of Cuttack, India, carries several stray cats in a basket to save them from the water during the 2011 floods.
- Love is stronger than borders
In a cemetery in the Netherlands (1888), a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband are buried on opposite sides of a wall, but their headstones are connected.
- Faithfulness Forever
A dog named Leao sits for the second day in a row at the grave of his owner, who died in the 2011 Rio de Janeiro landslides.
- Desolation after destruction.
Haing Te Yu, 29, sits among the ruins of his home in Myanmar, hiding his face in the palms of his hands as it rains.
- The devastating impact of addiction
A photograph illustrates the painful reality of a child’s life with an alcoholic father.
- Insanity after saving a life
A heart surgeon rests after a 23-hour successful heart transplant operation while his assistant sleeps in the corner.
- Grief that can’t be hidden
A young man learns that his brother has died. At that moment, his emotions speak more than words.
- Sunset on another planet
A rare shot of the setting sun captured on the surface of Mars.
Which of these pictures made the strongest impression on you?
