20 photographs that stick in your memory (21 photos)

The world can be a strange and dangerous place, as these dark stories demonstrate. Particularly impressive are the photographs that capture the moments before or after the incident. Whether it's plane crashes, crime, or archaeological finds, these stories can make you question your moral principles.





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On March 29, 2016, 26-year-old Briton Ben Innes, who was on board an Egypt Air plane hijacked in Egypt, took a photo with the hijacker Seif al-Din Mustafa.

An attacker with an explosive belt demanded that the plane land not in Egypt, but in Cyprus. Almost immediately after landing, Safe released 52 of the 55 passengers, but retained three, as well as four crew members. Among those who remained was Ben Innes. The hostage asked the hijacker to take a photo with him, and he agreed. Fortunately, the explosives turned out to be fakes, and Mustafa was arrested.





When asked why he took this photo, Innes replied that he was trying to remain optimistic, and that if the bomb was real, then there was still nothing to lose.

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In July 2015, 16-year-old Prakash Bilhore died in a motorcycle accident after hitting a pothole. To cope with his grief, Prakash's father Dadarao decided to repair Mumbai's roads himself. Using sand and gravel collected from construction sites, Dadarao filled nearly 600 potholes across Mumbai.

"Prakash's sudden passing has left a huge void in our lives. I am doing this work to remember and honor his memory," the father admitted.

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To raise money for charity, Brazilian Catholic priest Antonio de Carli, a 40-year-old experienced skydiver, took off in a thousand colorful helium-filled balloons and disappeared. A few months later, the man’s remains were found in the ocean waters.

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In 2015, the mummified remains of a monk were discovered inside an approximately 1,000-year-old Chinese Buddha statue.

The mummy, housed inside a gold-plated papier-mâché statue, is believed to have belonged to Liuquan, a Buddhist master who died around 1100, the researchers said.

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In 2017, Daryll Rowe was found guilty of intentionally exposing five men to HIV. The British man was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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"These people did not take atabrine." An advertising sign for the antimalarial drug atabrine in Papua New Guinea, 1942.

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Three-time Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna on the day of his tragic death, May 1, 1994. The legendary racer crashed into concrete barriers at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour.

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14-month-old Thai infant Chanayut Nim-anong rescued from the crash site of Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on September 3, 1997. Of the 66 people on board the plane, only a child survived.

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In 2012,1 Dante Autullo, while working in a garage, accidentally drove a nail more than 8 cm long into his brain. The man did not suspect what had happened for a couple of days, only a bout of nausea forced him to see doctors.

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During the rescue mission after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the dogs were so rarely able to find survivors that they experienced extreme stress and felt guilty. Rescuers had to hide under the rubble to maintain the spirit of their four-legged helpers.

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In 2003, Juan Catalan spent nearly 6 months in prison for a murder he didn't commit until his lawyer found footage from the HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm. Video showed that Catalan was at a Dodgers game with his six-year-old daughter at the time of the crime.

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In 2019, 35-year-old Mikhail Prokhorov made another training jump from MI-8. The first parachute did not open, and the spare one did not save either - its lines got tangled with the main one. The man died from his injuries before paramedics arrived.

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On April 29, 2013, a National Airlines cargo plane refueled at Bagram airfield in Afghanistan. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft crashed, killing all seven crew members.

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In 2017, Muhammad Ayuba carried his elderly parents for 7 days while escaping Myanmar's death squads. The man covered 160 km and reached Bangladesh.

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In July 2022, a 24-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital in the Turkish city of Van with severe pain. An X-ray showed that there was a huge amount of inedible objects in her stomach. The patient was urgently operated on, surgeons removed a large needle and 158 other metal objects: a penknife, tweezers, screws, nails, and a fruit knife.

It turned out that the woman had mental problems, but she miraculously survived.

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Anne Frank with her sister Margot on the beach in Zandvoort, the Netherlands, in 1940. Anna died on March 12, 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, a few weeks before the arrival of British troops.

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Photo of starving children queuing for food during the Great Chinese Famine of 1959-1961. According to official data alone, about 15 million people died during this period.

The development of famine was facilitated by socio-political changes in the country and unfavorable weather conditions.

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The Kavre region of Nepal is infamously known as the "Kidney Valley". Over the past two decades, dozens of village men have traveled to India to sell their kidneys.

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In 2007, archaeologists discovered the Lovers of Valdaro near Mantua, Italy. This is a Neolithic tomb with a pair of skeletons 6 thousand years old.