41 Powerfully Poignant Photographs From All Around the World

Matt Arone Published 05/17/2024 in feels

Humanity's journey on Earth is rich with history. From remarkable discoveries to groundbreaking inventions and new technologies, as well as the tragic and somber events we've faced, history is brimming with captivating stories that shape our collective narrative.

If you're eager to explore the past, take a look at this collection of fascinating photos and intriguing moments—rare glimpses that often go unrecognized but deserve appreciation, after all some pictures that are worth way more than a thousand words.

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Crowds gather at the Berlin Wall, November 1989.
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Apollo 11 crew members capture mankind's first physical brush with the moon, July 1969.
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Family members embrace in the wake of a devastating Alabama tornado, March 2012.
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A man falls from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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The nail scratches of Auschwitz Concentration camp inmates.
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A young boy rescues a stroller after Tropical Storm Hannah ripped through Haiti, 2008.
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President Bush receives word of the September 11th attacks while visiting a Florida classroom.
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Bronze medal winner John Carlos raises a black power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
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78-year-old Bill Iffrig lies on the ground following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
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A starving child in Sudan, 1993.
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Family members pass Kosovar refugee Agim Shala, 2, through a barbed wire fence into the hands of grandparents at an Albania camp, March 1999.
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Christians and Muslims hold hands in solidarity during the Cairo uprisings, January 2011.
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Dorothy Counts encounters adversity in 1956 as she makes her way to a recently integrated school in Charlotte, North Carolina. After days of harassment, she was forced to withdraw from the school.
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An Alabama man reunites with his pet following a devastating series of tornadoes, March 2012.
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Astronaut William Anders takes "Earthrise" during the Apollo 8 mission, 1968.
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8-year-old Christian Golczynski weeps at the funeral of his father, who died during the War in Iraq, March 2007.
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Helen Keller meets president Eisenhower, 1955.
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Retired police captain Ray Lewis is arrested at an Occupy Wall Street protest, November 2011.
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The Hindenburg zeppelin catches fire on May 6, 1937
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A South Korean man sheds a tear when parting ways with his North Korean relative, October 2010.
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Annette Kellerman promotes women’s right to wear fitted bathing suits in 1907. She was later arrested for indecency.
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A Chinese man stands defiantly before tanks in Tiananmen Square, June 1989.
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Akan Ito cries among the rubble of Natori, Japan. A 2011 tsunami tore the town apart.
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John F. Kennedy Jr. salutes his father at JFK's state funeral, November 1963.
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"How Life Begins" is one of the first pictures taken with the endoscope, 1965.
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A missionary holds hands with a starving boy in Karamoja district, Uganda, 1980.
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A Russian veteran weeps before a Soviet tank used during World War Two.
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Nightclub owner Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated JFK, November 1963.
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Pearl Harbor survivor embraces a fellow veteran (from the War in Iraq), July 2004.
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Bobby Moore embraces Pele at the 1970 World Cup finals.
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The 19th century graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband deny this Dutch cemetery the power of separating them.
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A Russian soldier playing an abandoned piano in Chechnya, 1994.
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Connie Kopelov and Phyllis Siegel embrace after becoming the first gay couple married in Manhattan, 2011.
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A Sudan People's Liberation Army soldier during a rehearsal for the Independence Day ceremony, July 2011.
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NASA's Mars Rover presents the world with a vision of Mars at dusk, May 2005.
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An Afghan man offers a US soldier tea near Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.
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Terri Gurrola reunites with her daughter after serving seven months in Iraq, 2007
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Terezka, a girl who grew up in a concentration camp, draws a picture of her Poland "home", December 1948.
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A four-month-old Japanese baby brings light to the March 2011 tsunami, which claimed thousands of lives.
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Horace Greasely confronts Heinrich Himmler in a 1940s German prisoner of war camp. In love with a German woman, Greasely escaped from the camp 200 times.
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Influential Photographs: Robert Peraza weeps before the 9/11 memorial, 2011.

1.
Crowds gather at the Berlin Wall, November 1989.
2.
Apollo 11 crew members capture mankind's first physical brush with the moon, July 1969.
3.
Family members embrace in the wake of a devastating Alabama tornado, March 2012.
4.
A man falls from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
5.
The nail scratches of Auschwitz Concentration camp inmates.
6.
A young boy rescues a stroller after Tropical Storm Hannah ripped through Haiti, 2008.
7.
President Bush receives word of the September 11th attacks while visiting a Florida classroom.
8.
Bronze medal winner John Carlos raises a black power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
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78-year-old Bill Iffrig lies on the ground following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
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A starving child in Sudan, 1993.
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Family members pass Kosovar refugee Agim Shala, 2, through a barbed wire fence into the hands of grandparents at an Albania camp, March 1999.
12.
Christians and Muslims hold hands in solidarity during the Cairo uprisings, January 2011.
13.
Dorothy Counts encounters adversity in 1956 as she makes her way to a recently integrated school in Charlotte, North Carolina. After days of harassment, she was forced to withdraw from the school.
14.
An Alabama man reunites with his pet following a devastating series of tornadoes, March 2012.
15.
Astronaut William Anders takes "Earthrise" during the Apollo 8 mission, 1968.
16.
8-year-old Christian Golczynski weeps at the funeral of his father, who died during the War in Iraq, March 2007.
17.
Helen Keller meets president Eisenhower, 1955.
18.
Retired police captain Ray Lewis is arrested at an Occupy Wall Street protest, November 2011.
19.
The Hindenburg zeppelin catches fire on May 6, 1937
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A South Korean man sheds a tear when parting ways with his North Korean relative, October 2010.
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Annette Kellerman promotes women’s right to wear fitted bathing suits in 1907. She was later arrested for indecency.
22.
A Chinese man stands defiantly before tanks in Tiananmen Square, June 1989.
23.
Akan Ito cries among the rubble of Natori, Japan. A 2011 tsunami tore the town apart.
24.
John F. Kennedy Jr. salutes his father at JFK's state funeral, November 1963.
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"How Life Begins" is one of the first pictures taken with the endoscope, 1965.
26.
A missionary holds hands with a starving boy in Karamoja district, Uganda, 1980.
27.
A Russian veteran weeps before a Soviet tank used during World War Two.
28.
Nightclub owner Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated JFK, November 1963.
29.
Pearl Harbor survivor embraces a fellow veteran (from the War in Iraq), July 2004.
30.
Bobby Moore embraces Pele at the 1970 World Cup finals.
31.
The 19th century graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband deny this Dutch cemetery the power of separating them.
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A Russian soldier playing an abandoned piano in Chechnya, 1994.
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Connie Kopelov and Phyllis Siegel embrace after becoming the first gay couple married in Manhattan, 2011.
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A Sudan People's Liberation Army soldier during a rehearsal for the Independence Day ceremony, July 2011.
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NASA's Mars Rover presents the world with a vision of Mars at dusk, May 2005.
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An Afghan man offers a US soldier tea near Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.
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Terri Gurrola reunites with her daughter after serving seven months in Iraq, 2007
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Terezka, a girl who grew up in a concentration camp, draws a picture of her Poland "home", December 1948.
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A four-month-old Japanese baby brings light to the March 2011 tsunami, which claimed thousands of lives.
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Horace Greasely confronts Heinrich Himmler in a 1940s German prisoner of war camp. In love with a German woman, Greasely escaped from the camp 200 times.
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Influential Photographs: Robert Peraza weeps before the 9/11 memorial, 2011.

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1. Crowds gather at the Berlin Wall, November 1989.

2. Apollo 11 crew members capture mankind's first physical brush with the moon, July 1969.

3. Family members embrace in the wake of a devastating Alabama tornado, March 2012.

4. A man falls from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

5. The nail scratches of Auschwitz Concentration camp inmates.

6. A young boy rescues a stroller after Tropical Storm Hannah ripped through Haiti, 2008.

7. President Bush receives word of the September 11th attacks while visiting a Florida classroom.

8. Bronze medal winner John Carlos raises a black power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

9. 78-year-old Bill Iffrig lies on the ground following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

10. A starving child in Sudan, 1993.

11. Family members pass Kosovar refugee Agim Shala, 2, through a barbed wire fence into the hands of grandparents at an Albania camp, March 1999.

12. Christians and Muslims hold hands in solidarity during the Cairo uprisings, January 2011.

13. Dorothy Counts encounters adversity in 1956 as she makes her way to a recently integrated school in Charlotte, North Carolina. After days of harassment, she was forced to withdraw from the school.

14. An Alabama man reunites with his pet following a devastating series of tornadoes, March 2012.

15. Astronaut William Anders takes "Earthrise" during the Apollo 8 mission, 1968.

16. 8-year-old Christian Golczynski weeps at the funeral of his father, who died during the War in Iraq, March 2007.

17. Helen Keller meets president Eisenhower, 1955.

18. Retired police captain Ray Lewis is arrested at an Occupy Wall Street protest, November 2011.

19. The Hindenburg zeppelin catches fire on May 6, 1937

20. A South Korean man sheds a tear when parting ways with his North Korean relative, October 2010.

21. Annette Kellerman promotes women’s right to wear fitted bathing suits in 1907. She was later arrested for indecency.

22. A Chinese man stands defiantly before tanks in Tiananmen Square, June 1989.

23. Akan Ito cries among the rubble of Natori, Japan. A 2011 tsunami tore the town apart.

24. John F. Kennedy Jr. salutes his father at JFK's state funeral, November 1963.

25. "How Life Begins" is one of the first pictures taken with the endoscope, 1965.

26. A missionary holds hands with a starving boy in Karamoja district, Uganda, 1980.

27. A Russian veteran weeps before a Soviet tank used during World War Two.

28. Nightclub owner Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated JFK, November 1963.

29. Pearl Harbor survivor embraces a fellow veteran (from the War in Iraq), July 2004.

30. Bobby Moore embraces Pele at the 1970 World Cup finals.

31. The 19th century graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband deny this Dutch cemetery the power of separating them.

32. A Russian soldier playing an abandoned piano in Chechnya, 1994.

33. Connie Kopelov and Phyllis Siegel embrace after becoming the first gay couple married in Manhattan, 2011.

34. A Sudan People's Liberation Army soldier during a rehearsal for the Independence Day ceremony, July 2011.

35. NASA's Mars Rover presents the world with a vision of Mars at dusk, May 2005.

36. An Afghan man offers a US soldier tea near Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.

37. Terri Gurrola reunites with her daughter after serving seven months in Iraq, 2007

38. Terezka, a girl who grew up in a concentration camp, draws a picture of her Poland "home", December 1948.

39. A four-month-old Japanese baby brings light to the March 2011 tsunami, which claimed thousands of lives.

40. Horace Greasely confronts Heinrich Himmler in a 1940s German prisoner of war camp. In love with a German woman, Greasely escaped from the camp 200 times.

41. Influential Photographs: Robert Peraza weeps before the 9/11 memorial, 2011.

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1.
Crowds gather at the Berlin Wall, November 1989.

2.
Apollo 11 crew members capture mankind's first physical brush with the moon, July 1969.

3.
Family members embrace in the wake of a devastating Alabama tornado, March 2012.

4.
A man falls from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

5.
The nail scratches of Auschwitz Concentration camp inmates.

6.
A young boy rescues a stroller after Tropical Storm Hannah ripped through Haiti, 2008.

7.
President Bush receives word of the September 11th attacks while visiting a Florida classroom.

8.
Bronze medal winner John Carlos raises a black power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

9.
78-year-old Bill Iffrig lies on the ground following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

10.
A starving child in Sudan, 1993.

11.
Family members pass Kosovar refugee Agim Shala, 2, through a barbed wire fence into the hands of grandparents at an Albania camp, March 1999.

12.
Christians and Muslims hold hands in solidarity during the Cairo uprisings, January 2011.

13.
Dorothy Counts encounters adversity in 1956 as she makes her way to a recently integrated school in Charlotte, North Carolina. After days of harassment, she was forced to withdraw from the school.

14.
An Alabama man reunites with his pet following a devastating series of tornadoes, March 2012.

15.
Astronaut William Anders takes "Earthrise" during the Apollo 8 mission, 1968.

16.
8-year-old Christian Golczynski weeps at the funeral of his father, who died during the War in Iraq, March 2007.

17.
Helen Keller meets president Eisenhower, 1955.

18.
Retired police captain Ray Lewis is arrested at an Occupy Wall Street protest, November 2011.

19.
The Hindenburg zeppelin catches fire on May 6, 1937

20.
A South Korean man sheds a tear when parting ways with his North Korean relative, October 2010.

21.
Annette Kellerman promotes women’s right to wear fitted bathing suits in 1907. She was later arrested for indecency.

22.
A Chinese man stands defiantly before tanks in Tiananmen Square, June 1989.

23.
Akan Ito cries among the rubble of Natori, Japan. A 2011 tsunami tore the town apart.

24.
John F. Kennedy Jr. salutes his father at JFK's state funeral, November 1963.

25.
"How Life Begins" is one of the first pictures taken with the endoscope, 1965.

26.
A missionary holds hands with a starving boy in Karamoja district, Uganda, 1980.

27.
A Russian veteran weeps before a Soviet tank used during World War Two.

28.
Nightclub owner Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated JFK, November 1963.

29.
Pearl Harbor survivor embraces a fellow veteran (from the War in Iraq), July 2004.

30.
Bobby Moore embraces Pele at the 1970 World Cup finals.

31.
The 19th century graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband deny this Dutch cemetery the power of separating them.

32.
A Russian soldier playing an abandoned piano in Chechnya, 1994.

33.
Connie Kopelov and Phyllis Siegel embrace after becoming the first gay couple married in Manhattan, 2011.

34.
A Sudan People's Liberation Army soldier during a rehearsal for the Independence Day ceremony, July 2011.

35.
NASA's Mars Rover presents the world with a vision of Mars at dusk, May 2005.

36.
An Afghan man offers a US soldier tea near Kabul, Afghanistan, 2009.

37.
Terri Gurrola reunites with her daughter after serving seven months in Iraq, 2007

38.
Terezka, a girl who grew up in a concentration camp, draws a picture of her Poland "home", December 1948.

39.
A four-month-old Japanese baby brings light to the March 2011 tsunami, which claimed thousands of lives.

40.
Horace Greasely confronts Heinrich Himmler in a 1940s German prisoner of war camp. In love with a German woman, Greasely escaped from the camp 200 times.

41.
Influential Photographs: Robert Peraza weeps before the 9/11 memorial, 2011.