Photography is a wonderful art form that has the ability to perfectly capture fleeting moments of cultural significance, personal connection, and any aspects of the human condition. It is a strangely impactful moment seeing an image so poignant, or powerful, that it makes you pause and really think about what the image means to you, and to the world around you.
I have gathered here a collection of such images to help bring you into the new decade. So, here are 20 powerful pictures that can stop people in their tracks.