Readers react to a selection of photographs that aim tell the story of the century so far
The omission of Gaza’s recent bombardment from your selection of iconic images of the 21st century is puzzling (‘The sight of it is still shocking’: 46 photos that tell the story of the century so far, 27 December). What about photos of the skeletal remains of Gaza’s landscape, after being bombarded with thousands of tons of explosives, using artificially intelligent software that is a harbinger of all our tomorrows?
What about the demonstrations across cities and campuses, or pensioners and priests opposing starvation and genocide being handcuffed and bundled into police vans? Or 18-month-old malnourished Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq being held by his mother in a nappy made out of a black plastic bag? Or the assembled photos by the Gaza Media Center of 238 journalists killed in the campaign, the highest number ever recorded in any conflict?
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