1. Famine in Sudan by Kevin Carter
This picture induces pity and guilt due to the huge disparity between the third world and first world. I feel that it is a sin for me to not take any action for people like these. In this picture, a child is crawling towards a food camp in Sudan, and vulture is waiting for him to die- so he can eat the child.
The photographer, Kevin Carter, was so frustrated by the these dire conditions that three months after he took the photo, he committed suicide.
2. Aruna Shanbaug
In 1973, a junior nurse was sexually assaulted in India. Aruna was traumatized and she was paralyzed. Parts of her brain died and she spent the next 40 years in the same room. Even though Aruna was frozen into a position that she acquired after the horrific incident decades ago, her case brought a major change, thanks to her caregivers and friends. After her case and appeal, Euthanasia was permitted in India (at strict conditions) and many more were saved from being forced to live death.
For information: http://www.firstpost.com/living/the-unbearable-agony-of-being-aruna-shanbaug-a-great-injustice-331622.html
