BIZARRE! WEIRD!! SMILES!!! CAUGHT ON CAMERA - VIRAL

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If photography wasn't invented, the world would be stripped of innumerable memories and breakthroughs. Helping as a peek into the times gone by, photographs are so much larger than just a means of nostalgia. It is a vital tool to maintain the history and an efficient mode of storytelling that exceeds the boundaries of communications and time. Therefore, it only seems appropriate that a day is set out to acknowledge and acknowledge the spell of photography. World Photography Day is commemorated on august 19 every year, across the world. Today, on World Photography Day, we shall look at some of the most viral images of the year, so far.


A plan can fit 100 people? But 600?

Even as the report continues to flow in about the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, images and videos of destruction and losses continue to overwhelm the Internet. A photo of 600 Afghan natives cramming into the US Airplane defines the conflict of the people. It features hundreds of panicked natives without any baggage, clustered together.


Knitting only for women? Modern Era


Given that the tokyo Olympics 2021 was held between the COVID-19 pandemic it was distinct from the other versions of the game in several modes. While countries competed with one another to add some laurels to their tally, one image achieved to bring smiles to the data-faces of people globally. The photograph featured Britain's Olympian tom Daley knitting as he watched the finals. The 27-year-old had gained the gold in synchronised diving just days before his photography went viral. 


Ever Experienced a Missed heart Beat?


Football fans around the globe missed a heartbeat as they saw denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen fall on the ground amid a match in June. Eriksen laid motionless on the ground, the teammates and even the members of the opposing finland team rushed to help him. As fans and spectators observed amid tears, the TEAM stood around him giving him the privacy and respect required at such a defenseless moment. The image sets an example of the year's most striking images of brotherhood and kinship. 


Nuns plead to GOD? But Military too? 


As Myanmar found itself in turmoil after the aggressive military ouster of civilian chief Aung San Suu Kyi, one photo depicted the fact of compassion and courage in the war zone. The main subject was a nun who knelt before a crowd of heavily armed police deputies and urged them to spare "the children, little ones" and take away her life in return. This image, with the catholic nun's hands spread across, became the symbol of empathy, peace and bravery.


Dying itself is painful? But mass Cremations!!


As india was in the clutches of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, life losses due to the virus grew to odd numbers. This also put the healthcare systems and cremation services under colossal strain, with many families noticing it difficult to give their cherished ones a proper cremation. The painful tragedy was captured in photography that displayed an aerial view of the mass cremation in New Delhi.

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