Heart-rending pictures of a toddler's lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach sparked horror across the world. However, this is not the first time a picture has changed the way we look at the issues around the world.
There are several pictures taken by various photographers in history on different issues which say a lot about the hunger, tragedies and the historic moments globally.
Here are six powerful pictures that shocked the world.
5 powerful pictures that shocked the world
This picture taken by South African photographer Kevin Carter during a trip to southern Sudan shows a vulture waiting to prey upon a kid.
The photographer received a Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photo, but committed suicide.
This picture shows the moment when Mohammad al-Dura was shot dead by Israeli forces in September 2000. Dura later became the symbol of the Palestinian struggle.
This picture taken during Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in China became iconic.
The man who stopped a column of tanks became popular as Tank Man, but his identity was never revealed.
On December 17, 1903, Wright brothers made a record by flying the first ever plane for 59 seconds in air.
This picture is iconic in many ways.
This picture taken in 1992 shows a mother in Somalia holding the body of her child who died of hunger.
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