The caption Reuters gave to this photo is "Georgians stand next to the body of their son in the town of Gori". The woman is looking up towards the sky from where, presumably, death had stricken "her son". But for the purposes of this photo the body of the "son" has been obviously moved quite a bit away from the curb. This was clearly not done in order to cover up the naked parts of the dead man's body, nor to allow some measure of dignity to the dead. Was it done for the light? (One should challenge Reuters to find a mother -- any mother -- who would allow the body of her child to be dragged through dirt half naked like this, while she is taking instructions from a photographer where to stand, where to look and what to do next).

Note: some readers wrote to us saying these pictures weren't doctored. When a news photographer first sees a scene he or she will immediately take a photo from where he or she is, with the longest zoom or focal length required to frame the shot so that you get SOMETHING. Then the photographer proceeds to move closer to the scene while zooming out or switching to a wider focal length in order to get a better photo with more impact. Often the best photo of the series is an extreme wide angle shot very very close to the main subject with the supporting elements near but not competing with the main subject. These photos show the difference between photographing the scene with a 200mm lens vs. using a 20mm lens. (Thanks, Greg).