1. A 4-year-old Syrian girl ‘surrenders’ to a photographer who pointed his camera at her. She thought it was a gun.
2. The girl who survived 11 days in the Siberian Forest
3. A North Korean bids farewell to his South Korean relative, following a luncheon meeting during inter-Korean temporary family reunions at Mount Kumgang resort on October 31, 2010. 436 South Koreans were allowed to spend three days in North Korea to meet their 97 North Korean relatives, whom they had been separated from since the 1950-53 war.
4. Yezidi girl carries an assault rifle to protect her family against ISIS.
5. U.S. firefighter, Chris Wagener, after pulling out 6-year-old Aaliyah Frazier from a burning apartment.
6. An acid burn victim in Pakistan laughs after having eye surgery. She had acid thrown on her by her stalker after she refused his sexual advances.
7. A child, cuddling a kitten, rests under a shelter in Ludian County, China, two days after a 6.1 earthquake destroyed his village.
9. A sad image of two children who live by scavenging on a junkyard in Kathmandu, Nepal.
10. A woman’s last moments with her best friend.
11. An Iraqi prisoner of war tries comforting his son (2003)
12. A mother and her 3-year-old daughter who were attacked with acid by her husband, find comfort in each other’s arms.
13. A girl in isolation for radiation screening, after the devastating earthquake, looks at her dog through a window in Nihonmatsu, Japan, 2011
14. Little girl hands over water bottles to riot officers during a protest in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
15. A 10-year-old Yemeni girl rejoices after being granted divorce from her abusive husband, who was a grown adult.