20 dramatic images of what it is to be human

Portrait photography and photojournalism two potentially very powerful and effective art form that is not always appreciated.

The faces of the people in these photos and the context in which they are removed, more eloquent than any words tell about the photographs the people and the world in which they live. Some of them are unimaginable and even terrifyingly different from what we are familiar, while others were once more exotic, getting closer and clearer. And though it's just a photo, but looking into the eyes of the people in them seem to begin to feel some connection with them.

3‑year-old Wound kisses his 29-year-old mother Somayeh Mary. According to them, after they in the face splashed acid, other people are not eager to kiss them.

Boy saved his sister from under the ruins of the house, Syria.

Yezidi girl carries a machine that helps her to protect his family from the militants LIH (banned in Russia as a terrorist organization).

Happy couple in Thailand.

Indian girl tight clutching the dead body of the rat.

The girl who survived 11 days in Siberian forest.

Two women, who after 72 years together, finally got the chance to marry.

13-year-old hunter with eagle in Mongolia.

The boy from Sao Paulo.

Black baby holding a baby albino in a dream.

A girl named Omayra stuck under the rubble of his home after the floods in Colombia. Three days she stood in the water and died as rescuers was not able to do anything.

Starving mother with her child in the Center of the emergency power supply (Tahoua, Niger).

The Siberian family meal.

Tea time, Yamal Peninsula, Russia.

Cuban woman Smoking a cigar and holding a ring flash.

18-year-old soldier of the Israeli army took a breather after a long forced March in full ammunition.

One of the last four white rhinos in the world (Kenya).

The sacrifice (Eid al-Adha).

Woman from Papua — New Guinea during the festival, folk dance, sing sing.

Girl from the Yazidi minority resting on the Syrian-Iraqi border.