and yet we continue with war…..
just because peace is so hard.

Wow these things are so sad! …unfortunately what some ppl don’t realize is that it’s all true all it’s all man’s fault man against man….awefull!!!!!!
sayto war and yes to

These pics are fucking hilarious!!!

Very emotion evoking. We sometimes get so caught up in our day to day life we forget we are only a very small part of the world. There is so much going on all around us.

Makes one ashamed to be part of mankind. And to think we call animals…animals.

these are all world press photo awards winners. just for footnote’s sake…

These images are very depressing, STOP WAR!

Sad to see that the best photos in the world seem to document emotions that we fear and want to avoid. Why isn’t there a single photo showing happiness in this list? Is it because it is so rare or do we not see anything special in happiness anymore? Point to ponder….

these pictures are the perfect way to get people to see what war is doing to our world. we are all guilty of some hatred but to take it as far as war is wrong. when will people relies war solves nothing and makes more conflict.

these photos are very emotion evoking and some are even heart wrenching but to say that all wars are pointless is totally wrong.

Do you think anything other than war would have stopped hitler, or napoleon, or even huessin?

some of those were from nam

I’d like to see the captions included; with the dates. I remember some of these but others I do not. We’re lucky to live where we do. Oh, also, “aweful” is spelled awful. Just a F.Y.I.

sWe have examined the situation and we have determined that there is a problem, and the problem is us!

These pictures are dusturbing indeed. I’d like to read their background stories, though.

follow the money

This links to the World Press Photo archive of these images, which includes explanations of each of the images.

http://moourl.com/wpf

Great set of pictures

http://s1.gladiatus.us/game/c.php?uid=93991

Wtf ! !!!!!!!! This is fucking sad !!

your never going to stop war. its in our dna to fight! eye opening pictures…

fuck bush!

Actually, don’t say no to war, say no to beliefs. War isn’t started because people don’t like peace, it is started because two sets of people have opposing view points on what they believe is the truth. If one person believes the land is rightfully theirs, and the other believes the exact opposite, there is no way peace can be achieved.

stop Wars

This is what we are. all of us

‘Shopped – I can tell from the pixels and having seen quite a few ’shops in my time.

We’re all fucking animals. Fighting for resources is a part of life whether you are a single cell organism or a fucking monkey. We should give ourselves some credit for being able to feel compassion in the first place. The goal should not be to end all war (which is like saying we should try to rid the world of disease), but instead to reduce it. The sooner we realize that people are not all inherently good and that conflict is an inevitable part of life, the sooner we can start coming up with real solutions.

It used to be worse.

far worse.

I remember a bunch of the photos from life magazine as a kid
just as sad now as it was then
a web site i seen a few months back had updates on some of the famous photos
from life an national geographic

it makes me sad that all of the best photos of the century are all of horrible things.

amazing photos, but so, so sad.

Why is it that every fucking ‘best photos of…’ list ever assembled is full of fucking depressing pictures that are supposed to move us or in some way instil a feeling of compassion or despair at the way the world is.

Wow, its a fucking dead baby, great, just the kind of picture i love looking at. Wow, some guy protesting something, good for him, i bet hardly anyone has any real understanding of what he stood for or how he truly felt. Am i supposed to feel in some way responsible and therefore guilty because i belong to the same species as the people who may have brought about the death of that child? Am i supposed to feel like i should go out and protest stuff in a vain attempt to change the world? Are these pictures designed to make me abhor myself for not taking action against the bad things in the world, and the human race at large for the horrible actions certain individuals are capable of?

fuck that, people just seem to rate all these photos so highly because they are examples of the human race at its worst. Wtf is up with that, are we that self-loathing as a people? if i ever assemble a list of the ‘best pictures of…’ im filling it with pictures Anne Hathaway, Aston Martin cars and fucking bunnies covered in candy floss and maple syrup. Everyone else can keep getting their jollies off looking at pictures of dead children or starving people or grieving widows and thinking about how it makes them feel, but i for one would rather focus on the good in the world and place significance and importance on the pictures and records of that instead of these dreadful, depressing images.

that war all the tree hugging hippies complain about is the same war that grants us our freedom of speech. If you enjoy your rights as a U.S. Citizen if you are from here/there then thank a vet not a peace group.

you’d be a monster if you aren’t moved by these pictures =(

Very disturbing but realistic pictures of war and famine and how they effect everyone all over the world. Very sad.

these pictures make me feel so ashamed to be human

Om Mani Padme Hum

i agree with dude…they’re all shopped.

i cried.

Stills of individual moments
without context
without care
without thought
ask yourself if you are thinking and feeling as the presenter wants you to
or have you found for yourself what these captures mean
for that place
for that time
for those people
do not be manipulated
think and feel for yourself
remember
political force is violence
laws are enforced seeds of thought made political action and legislation.

Thx.

war simply comes with destruction as its spouse.

“that war all the tree hugging hippies complain about is the same war that grants us our freedom of speech.”

That is our Constitution, actually. Or if you had to pick a war, I’d probably go with the American Revolution. Wars since then though, at least those involving the US, have been about money and power. Anyone who thinks differently has something to gain or has been deceived.

Demasiado impresionantes, que horror esto de la guerra, el odio y el hambre en el mundo.

This shouldn’t make us ashamed to be human, it should make us learn from others before us and actually stop to care a bit more next time we are faced with this. I always wonder how documentary photographers can take these photos though, not being allowed to intervene and just observing such horrors, I don’t think i could do it.

This is what greed for money and power has done to the world

I agree completely. We should take this peace thing all the way. We should disband every local police forces, outlaw locks on doors, open ignitions on all vehicle, then rescind laws that support the sanctity of a home. Then all the theives and rapist will become good people. Sound foolish … war is nothing more, just on a global scope.

People we have to learn from our mistakes. WE ALL HAVE TO CHANGE.

ROFL!!!

the fools who think they are photoshoped need to get some life experience,and learn some history and real facts

biker, the same people who are posting the “shopped” nonsense have probably also been spoon-fed “news” from Fox and CNN. These photos are so real. I remember several of these form Life mag when I was a kid.

[And as for the jingoistic apathetic fucks who posted... if it weren't for lust for money and power, and who's god has a bigger dick, we wouldn't need the military. At. All. Period. Wars (except the Revolutionary one) don't grant us freedoms, the Constitution does. Defending it is one thing, creating a fake situation to start a war based on greed is another.]

I think these pics seem to bring us down to Earth… they’re moving.

Ford, the “shopped” quote is one originated by 4chan that will get posted on just about any image that’s on the internet, if one of them sees it. They don’t really that that these are photoshopped, nor does the claim have any origins in news sources at all. They just think they’re being funny.

jenny and the “dudes” obviously lack a soul or are too immature to handle this type of stuff…i feel theyre the ones we should feel sorry for in our country…i mean ROFL????…have some damn respect for people…its 2008, were supposed to be evolved

but as karma works, im sure these will be the same fucks who sign up for the military for the 40 thou bonus and get sent front line to witness first hand…count me out, these pictures are more than enough

Some of the comments by the scum buckets— anon, of course, who think war is just dandy should get some mental therapy or go back on their meds or else, keep their yaps shut.

There is some misunderstanding among certain people who posted here, saying that the last several wars fought by America were in the defense of freedom or Constitutional Liberties or free speech. Such folk are too ignorant to live.

It was all about certain people being able to more easily make a huge profit.

i orgasmed. Well funny haHA lol shutup bull slam u killjoy. People have fought since the beginning of time get used to it it will keep going. Mega funny. If you think its sad watch this to change your perspective http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU .

You sir are a dick “ha people dying horribly ha” grow some fucking empathy and common fucking humanity. Either that or stop polluting the internet with your fucking ridiculous bullshit on the off-chance someone might be contaminated.

A “rick roll” nando? I mean really? C’mon man, there’s a time and a place… These are truly breathtaking moments that show us how uncivilized the human being still can be. As much as we might like to try and forget it, we are animals, animals who have the brain power to dream up more horrible, gruesome, and powerful ways of destroying our own kind. On the other hand we also have the capacity to use that for the betterment of our society, and I can only hope that more and more effort is put into that instead.

So, I think most of these pics shows us how easy is to turn people into non-thinking-for-themselves-killing-machines. Sadly, lots of people still think that PEACE can only be achived with war…. what a waste of time…. I think is grate that people gather together to achive peace, but they should do it by helping the others less affortunate instead of killing them….no wonder why peace is only an IDEAL (english is my foreign language, so sorry for the grammar…

It’s ok to take sides, you have to. It’s ok to defend, we must. It’s ok to want peace, we should! But how can peace come without the coming of Christ? It can’t.

thinking that peace requires war is circular thinking.

just because something has “always been done” does not make it right.

Life and existence is a balanced spectrum.

who says this is photoshopped? is there anything genius you can say? do u know actually how photoshop works? stupid a**hole

mta, you completely missed the point of these pictures. they’re the best pictures because they invoke strong emotion.

beautiful collection.

BUSH IS THE SAVIOR OF AMERICA!

HITLER LOVED PEACE, DO YOU?

You could at least include some captions to explain which picture is about. And the title is completely wrong. These are not the best pictures, these are the most depressing ones. I am not saying we should ignore them, I’m just saying that there are better pictures shot during these 2 centuries.
Some of them represent moments that should be memorable to all humans. Looking at them should not make us feel sorry or bad, it should remind us our past so that we are prepared not to commit the same mistakes again.

I think it says something about humans they the best picked photos are all as depressing as possible. While horrendous tragedies happen all the time some good things do to. Was there not one moment of wonderful that warranted mention

Pictures of brown people suffering, pictures of white people killing.

peace please

a lot of these pictures are from peace time, and are nothing to do with war at all.

just noting that point.

first of all i’d like to say that this comment is not directed to these pictures, or the person who posted them. they are powerful images, and thank you for posting them. it opens the eyes doesn’t it.

benjamin is right on the money. and we’ve stopped a lot of horrifying issues with our troops. we’ve helped those countries who are unable to defend themselves. no war? you seem to have forgotten it just takes one person to disagree with another and with our technology that little argument becomes a giant argument. no nuclear arms? convince those foreign countries who would attack us the instant we put our guard down to “be nice to us”. have you forgotten 9/11? we would end up just like those countries if we didn’t defend ourselves, and do you know how we do that? right, with the government and those troops who are defending our country every day while you sit on your couch and blame them for it. you’re the same people who blame the president for your child’s behavior, and society, the economy, i could go on forever. you’re the same people who hold up those signs for peace to the wrong people. my point is, many need to rethink war and blame. and if you get offended by this comment, you’re exactly who i’m directing this to.

Kaliyuga

What percentages of wars are caused by religious differences? That my friends is real evil.

Innocent people suffering because of some greedy folks thirsty for power !!!

C’EST LA VIE …

wow! this makes me like my life

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the best pics i had neve saw

These pictures give me a HARD ON,…crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and the inundation of their women. That is what`s most good in life.

These pictures really make you tink
which is just as they are intended to do
and to anyone who makes fun of them and bashes
the people who are saying make peace
well then you’re obviously not getting it
All of the moments captured in the pictures resulted from the greed of man. I’m not ashamed to be a human
because I know that not all of us are like that. There are plenty of good eggs out there who want to make the world a better place. Which is what we should be doing instead of letting history repeat itself. How many more people have to be murdered till we get it?

Wow, these stopped me in my tracks. Each person in these pictures is a piece of ourselves. We are capable of so many emotions and each one of the photos evoke one and many of them. I am lucky to have my life and not to have experienced such suffering, anger or hate. I think it really does speak volumes that happiness is not included in the list of emotions experienced when looking at these photos.

No revolution has ever occurred without war. we fight for what we believe in and against those who would not allow us to believe it. Those that are afraid to fight are sheep ready to be lead to the slaughter. March for peace and allow us to ensure it for you with our blood.

WAR IS OVER IF WE WANT IT.
PEACE IS HERE IF WE ONLY REALIZE IT.

Peace begins when we face our most profound fears and forget them when we are with others

it’s because of the lack of compassion in the world that there are pictures like these. less war, more peace.

photoshopped

“Those who desire peace, prepare for war”

Those are the worst photos of those centuries.
We should look in shame these pictures.

wait, how are these “the best photos” best because they depict humanity in some of its worst ways? I don’t get how that makes them best. saddest, most upsetting, most troublesome. yea sure definitely. but not best photos. “best photos about the worst things of the 20th-21st century” would make a lot more sense to me for a title.

Disgusting. Especially the mother trudging through foul waters with her children in tow. I guess getting the photo was more important than lending a helping hand. I don’t know how some of these photographers live with themselves. I suppose neither did Kevin Carter.

These are the worst photos of xx-xxi century. Not the “best photos of xx-xxi century”. Call the things with their name!!

It’s to think, people in those pictures are most certainly dead. What can we do, yes I feel sorry for them, yes I wish I could help, and God knows what will happen to people who kill.

and yet we continue with war….. Because Governments make so much money from them.

Peace.. Isn’t as hard as you think.

markiechops is such a racist.

@ Firefly:

Being an atheist won’t save you from a war.

@ Scuba:

I do agree that many wars were cause because of different belief systems but religion is not the problem, people controlling other people through religion are the problem.

@ thetruth:

9/11 was an inside job, all evidence points to that. Please, think outside the box. The US never helped or freed anybody, they invaded.

@ markiechops:

Color has nothing to do with this, i’m sure that black people shot white people, it’s about the fact that people are killing each other, stop thinking about color.

@ WAR FOREVER:

They shouldn’t let 10 year old kids post.

@ Alphy:

God has nothing to do with this.

@ mariajo:

I agree, peace should not be obtained through war.

@ Mark:

Even before that wars have been about power and they will always be.

@ mta:

The only thing you should do is open your heart and help other people, understand their needs and problems before complaining about anything. Nobody told you to fight for a specific cause.

@ dude:

I don’t even think you know what a pixel is.

@ sasa:

Bush is just a puppet, he has nothing to do with this.

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War is a terrible thing and you will not get a lot of good out of it. The only war a man should fight is with himself, we need to teach ourselves to accept others, we need to teach our children to do the same and in time all of this will just be a sad tale.

The powers controlling the world can’t do anything without our support and blind obedience, we must open our eyes and understand that our destiny is in our hands, nobody should force us to harm another human being.

Shut up some guyy..

Its people like you who have no shame or respect.

Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.

Justice the founder of my fabric mov’d:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.

Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.

Such characters in colour dim I mark’d
Over a portal’s lofty arch inscrib’d:
Whereat I thus: Master, these words import.

Dante Alighieri wrote this allegorical epic poem between 1306 and 1321.

these are the worst pictures that ever seen, i am ashamed to be a human.

no war make sex

Doctor you are funny but photos are not!!

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Fuckin’ hippies

@ Alexandru Strimbeanu

you need a life

Heartbreaking Why is man so destructive and chaotic

All matter is merely Energy condensed to a Slow Vibration.
We are all One consciousness appearing to itself Subjectively.
There is no such thing as Death, Life is only a Dream and we are the Imagination of ourselves. (Bill Hicks – R.I.P.)

We need a New Dream…

why are the best photos are always about some sort of tragedy, and the best movies are never comedy movies?

do we like pain that much?

. . . and the enemy? “Is us!”

Why do we fight
Why cant we live in peace
these pictures really made tears come to my eyes

People fight because of fear and the desire for power. One side is afraid that if they stop fighting, then the other will take over. The other side feels the same way. Power and control is something that many people would do anything for… as seen in these photos. Humanity is in a downward spiral… unless by some miracle of God, people wake up and realize, even with our different beliefs, we could live in peace with each other…

How can you call these the best pictures of the 20-21st century when so many lives had to be ended or wrought by tragedy to capture these photos? It is good to show the reality of the horror of nations and the diminished love of humankind for one another, but we cannot refer to them as the best pictures when they are all of such horrific situations.

this is what makes me want to join the army. no joke

No puedo dejar de asombrarme ante las barbaridades que las mujers y hombres de el planeta en el que convivimos somos capaces de crear…, tolerar ? ignorar.

Bahaha. Liberal media chucklefucks at it again. Methinks biased journalism is being used to generate biased discussion. Tools.

es realmente triste ver por todo el sufrimiento que les toca que vivir a las personas. Me siento tan impotente ante tanta tristeza que reflejan las imagines.

I had seen about half of these incredibly striking images before, but I am stunned by them yet again. Reality is scarier than any movie or video game or TV show.
Anybody who is not moved in some way by these pictures has got to have a heart of stone. Good, bad & ugly, the planet Earth is still an interesting place to live.

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sad all pics

Truly , peace is required.

??????????????

we need peace

Ooooh our holy god why innocent people have to suffer so much?Why all this cruelty in this world?We need peace and love.