POV: My Take On The World Press Photo Of 2012

Everyone has an opinion…and voiced it. NPR even compared the scene to the Pieta, writing “the image bears an uncanny resemblance to Michelangelo’s iconic (and religious) Pieta. Along those lines, The New York Times describes it as having “the mood of a Renaissance painting.”

Ah, well…is this perhaps too much artsy thinking?

Whatever.

But here’s my take