26 Striking Pictures that Will Surely Touch Your Hearts

Even without texts, a single photo can convey myriads of emotions and messages. Regardless of the subjects’ race, religion or gender, you may see happiness, hate, anger, misery, and even lust in the faces of the people captured in photographs—all immortalized and frozen in time.

Pictures are not just about lighting, exposure, and other technicalities, although they do help make them look perfect. But, the best pictures are the ones that can make us laugh, smile, or cry. Those that can elicit emotions such as sympathy, compassion, and love as they pierce right through our hearts and souls.

Just like these 26 striking photographs, which were taken from all over the globe:

#26. Diligence

#25. Gentleness

#24. Sacrifice

#23. Wonderment

#22. Devotion

#21. Tolerance

#20. Happiness

#19. Perseverance

#18. Warmth

#17. Anguish

#16. Humanitarianism

#15. Longing

#14. Adaptability