10 of the most iconic images of our time

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

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