Voted the number one most moving image in the Getty Images curation for 2014, this shot by John Moore shows the despair of the ebola crisis in Liberia. John Moore/Getty Images.
Getty Images has released its 10 'most moving' images for 2014, voted by the public from photos included in its ‘Year in Focus’ curation.
American stock photo library Getty Images has released its 10 most moving images of 2014 as voted by the global public. Photographer John Moore captured the attention of the global viewing audience most dramatically, with his shots from Liberia and the Ebola epidemic voted numbers one, two and seven respectively. And Ebola was also the subject of the photo voted number 10, taken by Reportage Getty Images photographer Daniel Berehulak. Pierre Crom’s photo of the Air Malaysia passenger jet crash in Eastern Ukraine was voted number three, followed by Gokhan Sahin’s photo of Syrian Kurds battling IS to retain control of the city of Kobani in fourth spot. Scott Olson’s photo of civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, in the US, was voted number five. Alexander Koerner’s image of protestors in Kiev, Ukraine, was voted number six, while poignant images from the Getty Images archive were voted numbers eight and nine – Harry Borden’s portrait of deceased actor Robin Williams and award-winning photographer Tom Stoddart’s photo of the Asian tsunami of 2004. A total of 294,219 votes were cast from 164 countries globally on photos included in Getty Images’ ‘Year in Focus’, a curation of the defining images and videos which encapsulated 2014’s most important moments in the world of news, sport, entertainment and archive anniversaries and obituaries.
The image voted number one in Getty's Most Moving Images of 2014 by the public around the world. Ebola in Liberia. John Moore/Getty Images.
Another image (number two) from the top ten featuring the tragedy of ebola in Liberia, by Moore. John Moore/Getty Images.
The third-placed image of the Malaysian airlines crash in the Ukraine. Image by Pierre Crom/Getty Images.
Image of the conflict in which Syrian Kurds battle IS to retain control of the city of Kobani, by Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images.
Voted the number one most moving image in the Getty Images curation for 2014, this shot by John Moore shows the despair of the ebola crisis in Liberia. John Moore/Getty Images.
