The story behind the World Press Photo: Today's Michelangelo's Pieta

BBC NEWS
By Phil Coomes

This photograph by Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda was recently awarded first place in the World Press Photo Award and has gone on to generate many column inches of analysis and debate. It is a powerful picture, both in terms of the content and aesthetics. At first glance it is easy to assume that this is a mother or wife cradling a loved one who has been killed. Her name is Fatima al-Qaws and she is pictured with her son, Zayed, who had been injured taking part in an anti-government protest in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen. [link]