The picture that moved a world: why it took little Aylan to make us notice

By Rick Feneley
Updated September 4 2015 - 10:08pm, first published 5:26am
Aylan Kurdi, left, with his brother Galip. Both drowned in their family's attempt to reach Greece.  Photo: Supplied
Aylan Kurdi, left, with his brother Galip. Both drowned in their family's attempt to reach Greece. Photo: Supplied
The girl in the picture ...  Kim Phuc in 1972.  Photo: AP Photo/Nick Ut
The girl in the picture ... Kim Phuc in 1972. Photo: AP Photo/Nick Ut
A South Vietnamese general executes a Viet Cong officer with a single pistol shot in Saigon in 1968. Photo: AP Photo/Eddie Adams
A South Vietnamese general executes a Viet Cong officer with a single pistol shot in Saigon in 1968. Photo: AP Photo/Eddie Adams
Confederate soldiers lie dead in Maryland in 1862. 

 Photo: Alexander Gardner; Getty Images.
Confederate soldiers lie dead in Maryland in 1862. Photo: Alexander Gardner; Getty Images.

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