Japanese Boy in 1945 during WW2 waiting to cremate his brother at the funeral pyre. clicked by American photographer O Donnell
Joe O’Donnell in his words:

“I saw a boy about ten years old walking by. He was carrying a baby on his back. In those days in Japan, we often saw children playing with their little brothers or sisters on their backs, but this boy was clearly different.
I could see that he had come to this place for a serious reason. He was wearing no shoes. His face was hard. The little head was tipped back as if the baby were fast asleep. 

“The boy stood there for five or ten minutes.
The men in white masks walked over to him and quietly began to take off the rope that was holding the baby. That is when I saw that the baby was already dead. The men held the body by the hands and feet and placed it on the fire.
“The boy stood there straight without moving, watching the flames. He was biting his lower lip so hard that it shone with blood. The flame burned low like the sun going down. The boy turned around and walked silently away.”
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Fast forward to India 2021, countless dead and pyres insufficient at the peak of covid 19 in Uttar Pradesh #Danish_Siddiqui captures the tragedy for posterity, and the Indian RW extremists consider it a religious insult and won't let him Rest in Peace

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