[Psycho_Bunny]

Well....my first reaction was not dissimilar to yours.  I was pissed off enough that I took the time to hunt down the story behind the photo.

I think the only comfort is that the photographer seems to have done all that he could do in the situation.  He doesn't appear to have been a soulless or dishonest man, as some photojournalists are, and he really couldn't have saved her....he was in a hopeless situation without the resources he needed.

And the photograph has fostered a lot of good: people who might otherwise remain callus to the misery of the world tend to get a wake up call from a picture that horrible.  Even if they can't do anything about it, the empathy created is a force for good.

[DavemeisterP]

I imagine that it was very hard to sleep after seeing people by the hundreds, if not thousands, (firsthand) going through such appalling circumstances and having to do your JOB with a camera. This kind of poverty goes on all over the world, yet most of us only know about it in waves of realization due to the actions of others. What a blessed bunch of ignorant nitwits we are.(Myself included)

Thank you Lord for all that WE have been given and all of your blessings to come.