11 photos that shook the world
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19 August 2025
Princess Diana of Wales poses for pictures at the Taj Mahal in 1992, during the royal couple's six-day India visit.
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Mushroom clouds that formed after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945 during World War II.
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Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over Sonny Liston and taunts him during their title fight in Lewiston, Maine in 1965.
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The iconic photo shows an unidentified man standing in front of a tank in the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
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Donald Trump raising his fist after a failed assassination bid against him during a poll rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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This iconic selfie was taken during the 86th Academy Awards, 2014. The star-studded selfie was posted by Ellen DeGeneres and broke all records at the time.
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One of the most famous war photographs, it shows 6 Marines raising the US flag atop Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima.
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Taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, it shows Earth rising from the lunar horizon.
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The iconic 'Afghan Girl' photo was captured by Steve McCurry in 1984. It is the portrait of Sharbat Gula, an Afghan refugee girl in Pakistan.
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Vietnamese children running after an accidental napalm attack against this village by government aircraft on June 8, 1972.
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A graffiti by artists Justus Becker and Oguz Sen depicts the drowned Syrian refugee boy Alan Kurdi at a harbour in Germany.
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