Posts Tagged ‘violence’

POTD: Getty Images – Most Moving Images of 2014 number 7

Sunday, January 11th, 2015

The seventh most moving image of 2014 on Getty Images – as voted by the global public – is a photo by John Moore amidst Liberia’s battle against a spreading Ebola epidemic.

Umu Fambulle stands over her husband Ibrahim after he staggered and fell, knocking him unconscious in an Ebola ward on August 15, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo taken by John Moore.

Umu Fambulle stands over her husband Ibrahim after he staggered and fell, knocking him unconscious in an Ebola ward on August 15, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo taken by John Moore.

People suspected of contracting the Ebola virus were being sent by Liberian health workers to the center, a closed primary school originally built by USAID.

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POTD: Getty Images – Most Moving Images of 2014 number 6

Saturday, January 10th, 2015

The sixth most moving image of 2014 on Getty Images – as voted by the global public – is a photo by Alexander Koerner in the midst of escalating violence as protests in Kiev, Ukraine, continued.

Fires burn as anti-government protesters clash with police on February 18, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Photo taken by Alexander Koerner.

Fires burn as anti-government protesters clash with police on February 18, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine. Photo taken by Alexander Koerner.

At the time the photo was taken, violent clashes had once again erupted in the city of Kiev during anti-government protests with reports at the time claiming 18 deaths, including two policemen.

* Photo and text from Getty Images.