In the internet age, people can share amazing images with the rest of the world at the press of a button. Also, thanks to technological advance, old photos which have been severely damaged can sometimes be salvaged. This means that we can gaze into the past even more clearly than before, and often learn a little more about the backstory behind the powerful images we find on the internet.
Please find below, a collection of truly powerful images, which are not only interesting and important in their own right, but are made more so by knowing their context.