Pictures to Admire

a collection of photos of significance

Shocking Moments in
History
Collected and Compiled
by: Ikarus Kuwait

These are pictures that hold significant interest, either for

their historical value, nature, beauty, or just the fun,
compiled from different sources. Credit goes to the
.individual photographers
 :1960

Seconds before the

assassination of
the leader of
Asanoma
Japanese Party,
by an opponent
student

Pictures to Admire a collection of photos of significance Shocking Moments in History

 :1962

A soldier hit by a
sniper, holding a
priest in his final
moments

Pictures to Admire a collection of photos of significance Shocking Moments in History

 :1963

Chin Kang Douk, the Buddhist leader in south Vietnam, burning himself in
protest to the torture methods used by the Vietnamese government.
Chin remained calm and did not move during burning himself
Pictures to Admire a collection of photos of significance Shocking Moments in History
 :1965

A mother and her children crossing the river in

Vietnam, escaping the American
bombardment

Pictures to Admire a collection of photos of significance Shocking Moments in History

 Police Chief of Staff in South
Vietman shooting at a
Vietnamese youth

Pictures to Admire a collection of photos of significance Shocking Moments in History

 :1973

Moments before the death of the elected Chilean president Silvadore Alendy
during the revolt

Pictures to Admire a collection of photos of significance Shocking Moments in History

 :1975

A woman and her

child fall to their
death from a
collapsed balcony
while escaping fire
in their building

Pictures to Admire a collection of photos of significance Shocking Moments in History

 :1980

The hand of a starving

kid from Uganda in
the palm of an aid
worker

Pictures to Admire a collection of photos of significance Shocking Moments in History

 :1981

Colonel Mullena and the military police,

while storming the Spanish parliament
and holding the members hostages

Pictures to Admire a collection of photos of significance Shocking Moments in History

 :1982

Palestinian refugees
massacred in Sabra and
Shatilla camp, Lebanon

Pictures to Admire a collection of photos of significance Shocking Moments in History

 :1992

A Somalia mother buries her

son who died of starvation

Pictures to Admire a collection of photos of significance Shocking Moments in History

 :1994

A man tortured by the Rwanda

soldiers for suspicion of
talking to Tutsi rebels

Pictures to Admire a collection of photos of significance Shocking Moments in History

 :2003

An Iraqi prisoner of war, trying

to calm down his son

Pictures to Admire a collection of photos of significance Shocking Moments in History