These Mesmerizing Pulitzer Prize Winning Photographs Will Inspire You And Break Your Heart

This iconic photo that won Joe Rosenthal the Prize in 1945 depicts U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raising the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945.

In this photo by Max Desfor that won the Prize in 1951, residents from Pyongyang, North Korea, and refugees from other areas crawl perilously over shattered girders of the city's bridge as they flee south across the Taedong River to escape the advance of Chinese Communist troops.

This photo, taken by Nick Ut depicts frightened children, including 9-year-old Kim Phuc, center, running down a road, after a South Vietnamese plane accidentally dropped flaming napalm on its own troops and civilians. The terrified girl had ripped off her burning clothes while fleeing.

This photo, captured by Kevin Carter in Sudan 1994 represents the vulnerability of starving children and how desperately they need help. Carter committed suicide later in 1994, at the age of 33.

In this photo, taken by John Moore in 2004, a detainee in an outdoor solitary confinement cell talks with a military policeman at the Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad.

This photo, taken by Oded Balilty, won a 2007 Pulitzer Prize and captures a lone Jewish settler struggles with an Israeli security officer during clashes that erupted as authorities evacuated a West Bank settlement in early 2006.

A boy mourns during a funeral for his father who was killed in Idlib, northern Syria. This photo by Rodrigo Abd was part of a larger portfolio of images from Syria that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2012.

This photograph, taken y Daniel Berehulak in 2015 depicts James Dorbor, 8, suspected of being infected with Ebola, who is carried by medical staff to an Ebola treatment center.