6. Tank Man by Jeff Widener in 1989.
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This photo was taken by photographer Jeff Widener on June 5, 1989 from the balcony on the 6th floor of the Beijing Hotel. This day is one day after the Tiananmen Square massacre where Chinese troops attacked pro-democracy demonstrators. The person standing in the photo alone and refusing to leave is a symbol of fighting against an unjust regime.
7. Alan Kurdi by Nilufer Demir in 2015.
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Alan Kurdi is one of the one million people who fled to Syria because of the conflict in his country. Alan and his family were about to head to Canada when the rubber boat they were on sank.
8. Earthrise by William Anders NASA in 1968.
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This photo was captured by a NASA astronaut named Willian Anders who showed a photo of the rising earth taken from the surface of the moon. The earth is not as dazzling as the sun.
9. Mushroom Cloud Over Nagasaki by Lieutenant Charles Levy in 1945.
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This photo was taken by Lieutenant Charles Levy who immortalized the United States bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan as revenge after Japan dropped the bomb on Pearl Harbor.
10. Fire Escape Collapse by Stanley Forman in 1975.
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This photo was taken by Stanley Forman who worked for the Boston Herald America. He got a call about a fire at Marlborough Street on July 22 1975. When he arrived there he saw the godmother, 19 year old Diana Bryant falling down with her 2 year old goddaughter. The woman died and her body became the foundation for her surviving daughter.