10 of the most iconic images of our time
Posted September 3, 2015 4:06 pm.
Last Updated September 3, 2015 4:45 pm.
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One click of a shutter and an image that can change the world is born.
Photographs can draw powerful emotions, capture a generation and sometimes bring forth political change around the world.
The image of the lifeless body of a three-year-old boy has put a devastating human face on the Syrian refugee crisis and has assailed Canada’s refugee process.
NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair said the images of Alan Kurdi will “define an era.”
Here’s a look at other iconic images through time:
The Hindenburg Crash
Tiananmen Square
Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
Buddhist Monk Burns Himself in Protest
9/11
The Vietnam War
Vancouver Riot Kiss
U.S. Soldiers Raise the Flag
Boston Marathon Bombing
The Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki