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The Argument For — And Against — Publishing The Traumatic Photo From Mexican Border

While the graphic image has news value, news organizations are concerned that its overuse will lessen its impact and unnecessarily upset the intended audience.

Editor's note: This story contains images that some readers may find disturbing.

Journalist Julia Le Duc photographed the bodies of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 23-month-old daughter, Valeria, as they lay on the bank of . They were trying to cross the river from Matamoros, Mexico, to Brownsville, Texas,

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