Alan Kurdi (2015) – Nilüfer Demir

This photo of a boy named Alan will forever depict the true victims of the Syrian War. In 2015, or around four years into the unrest, the Kurdi family traveled in an inflatable boat from Turkey to the Kos Island, Greece. However, the watercraft capsized, drowning the kids and the mother.

Alan’s body washed up on the Bodrum shore where Nilüfer Demir was, and as there was nothing left for her to do, she captured the distressing sight. Unfortunately, a decade has passed since the war started and children remain deprived of education.