25 Poignant Photos with Important Stories Behind Them

  • galler9John Thompson was home alone when he had both his arms ripped off in a farming accident. However, he still managed to get up and dial for help by holding a pencil in his mouth. He survived and both his arms were reattached.
  • galler10A farewell to an entire species: this is a photo of the very last male Northern White Rhino (2018)
  • galler11This is what a sunset looks like from space
  • galler12These so-called wine windows were used by vintners in Italy to sell wine during plague pandemics in the 17th century. Now they are coming back to use due to coronavirus.
  • galler13This is no ordinary flower - it's the first flower grown in space
  • galler14Hanako was the oldest known koi fish. It died at the age of 226 in 1966
  • galler15One of the few surviving intact pyramid capstones
  • galler16These two women are biracial twin sisters. They were born to a white father and a half-Jamaican mother
  • galler17A selfie of anti poachers guarding the gorillas
  • galler18Turkish garbage collectors opened a library containing the books citizens threw in the trash
  • galler19Certain fish skin can be grafted onto burns and diabetic wounds. The material recruits the body's own cells and is converted eventually into living tissue.
  • galler20This Korean news program is the only one that doesn't use an artificial city backdrop
  • galler21A rare view of the Statue of Liberty from the balcony on its torch. The exit there has been closed since 1916.
  • galler22The Maldivian president signing a climate change document at the world's first underwater cabinet
  • galler23A mini bonsai apple tree that grew a full-sized apple
  • galler24An HD Image of a waning moon
  • galler25The Tomb of Ramesses VI, The Valley of Kings , Egypt
  • galler26A photo of Terry Fox, a 21-year-old Canadian who lost a leg to cancer during his east to west cross-Canada run. Fox raised money for cancer research and spread awareness about cancer.
  • galler27These two unlikely friends were seen traveling, hunting, and sharing food together for 10 days
  • galler28This man is Daisuke Inoue, the inventor of karaoke. He refused to patent the machine because he wanted to "teach the world to sing'
  • galler29This cute ceremony is called 'Kukur Tihar' in Nepal . It's the day dedicated to dogs of their loyalty
  • galler30This is the only existing photo of Chernobyl taken on the morning of the nuclear accident. The heavy grain is due to the huge amount of radiation in the air that began to destroy the camera film the second it was exposed.
  • galler31A macro photo of an ant raising a piece of wood
  • galler32An accidental photo of a falling meteor
  • galler33And last, but definitely not least: these three Jewish men arrived in Auschwitz on the same day and were tattooed 10 numbers apart. 73 years later, they were reunited for the first time

 

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