The best photos of the century

A collection of iconic images of the last 100 years that demonstrate grief of loss and the triumph of the human spirit.

Photography, always left and will not leave an indelible mark on the soul of every person. Many photographers have achieved what they can still achieve no cinematographer - is a perpetual memory imprinting those split seconds that shocked the world and turned, got to experience the feelings, smile and even shudder at the very world in which we are all with you live.

Photographer for the Day, which is celebrated today, July 12, we selected the 40 most powerful photos of the century that best demonstrate the losses and triumphs of humanity.

Australian kisses his Canadian girlfriend. Canadians rioted after the Vancouver Canucks sports team lost the Stanley Cup.

Three sisters, three "segments" of time, three photos.

Two legendary captain Bobby Moore and Pele exchanging shirts as a sign of respect. FIFA World Cup 1970.

Eight-year Christian accepts flag during a memorial service for his father. Who was killed in Iraq in just a few weeks before he was due to return home.

Veteran around the tank T34-85, in which he fought during World War II.

Romanian child handing a balloon to the employee of the police during protests in Bucharest.

Police Captain Ray Lewis was arrested for what he took part in the protests on Wall Street in 2011.

The monk next to an elderly man who died suddenly, waiting for the train in Shanxi Taiyuan, China.

Dog named «Leao» sitting for two days at the tomb owner, who was killed in a terrible landslides.

Rio de Janeiro on January 15, 2011.

African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a gesture of solidarity. Olympic Games 1968.

Jewish prisoners at the time of their release from the camp. 1945.

The funeral of President John F. Kennedy, which took place on November 25, 1963, the birthday of John F. Kennedy Jr..

Around the world broadcast footage where John F. Kennedy Jr. saluting his father's coffin.

Christians protect Muslims during prayer. Egypt, in 2011.

Man from North Korea (right) waves to the bus after the South Koreans weeping family reunion at Mount Kumgang, October 31, 2010 goda.A torn apart by war 1950-53.

The dog has met with its owner after the tsunami in Japan. 2011.

"Wait for me, Daddy" - Photo of the march of the British Columbia Regiment. The five-year Warren "Whitey" Bernard ran away from his mother to his father, the ordinary Jack Bernard, with a cry of "Wait for me, Dad." Photo was widely known, was published in «Life», hung in every school of British Columbia during the war and was used in the issues of war bonds.

The priest Luis Padilla and soldiers, wounded by a sniper during the uprising in Venezuela.

Mother and son in Concord, Alabama, near their home, which was completely destroyed by a tornado. April, 2011.

The guy looks a family album that found in the rubble of his old house, after the earthquake in Sichuan.

Phyllis Siegel, 76, and Connie Kopel, 84 years old. The first same-sex couple, married zaregistrirovshaya in Manhattan.

4-month-old girl after the Japanese tsunami.

French nationals entering the Nazis in Paris during the Second World War.

Soldier Horace Grisli confronts Heinrich Himmler during the inspection of the camp in which he was imprisoned. Surprisingly, Grisli many times left the camp to meet with a German girl, whom he was in love with.

Firefighter gives water koala during forest fires. Australia in 2009.

The father of the deceased's son, at a memorial to 9/11. During the tenth annual ceremonies at the World Trade Center.

Jacqueline Kennedy's swearing in of Lyndon Johnson's inaugural president of the United States. Immediately after the death of her husband.

Tanisha Blevin, 5 years, holding the hand of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, Neetu Lagarde, 105.

Girl on temporary isolation for the detection and treatment of radiation, looks at her dog through the glass. Japan, in 2011.

Journalists Yong Lee and Laura Ling, who were arrested in North Korea and sentenced to hard labor for 12 years, reunited with their families in California. After a successful diplomatic intervention of the United States.

The meeting with the mother of his daughter, after serving in Iraq.

A young pacifist Jane Rose Kesmir, with a flower on the bayonets of the guards at the Pentagon.

During a protest against the war in Vietnam. 1967.

The iconic photo of unknown rebel who was standing in front of a column of Chinese tanks. Tiananmen Square, 1989.

Recently found a photo that shows a new angle act of protest, now in the distance.

People (stopping tanks) between the trees on the left.

Harold Vittlz hears for the first time in his life - the doctor had just found him a hearing aid.

Helen Fisher kisses the hearse carrying the body of her 20-year-old cousin, Private Douglas Halliday.

The troops of the U.S. Army, landed on the shore at the time of the day "D". Normandy, June 6, 1944.

Prisoner of Second World War, liberated by the Soviet Union, has met with his daughter.

The girl first sees his father.

A soldier of the Sudan People's Liberation Army on parade rehearsal the day of independence.

Greg Cook hugs his lost dog after she was found. Alabama, after a tornado in March 2012.

Photo taken by astronaut William Anders during the mission, "Apollo 8". 1968.