Chinese honor guards march after the arrival ceremony attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev at The Great Hall of The People in Beijing, China, 23 April 2025. (Photo by Iori Sagisawa/EPA/EFE)

Rosie Weaver leans against the headstone of her husband, U.S. Army Spc. Michael Weaver, after a Memorial Day ceremony, Sunday, May 25, 2025, at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly Township, Mich. (Photo by Ayrton Breckenridge/The Flint Journal via AP Photo)

Some lost at sea memorials are touched by genius. The images they convey are timeless and universal – like all great art. The designer and sculptor of this unforgettable memorial in Wales is Brian Fell.

“I live in Paddington Sydney. My great photographic passions are still life and surreal”. – Kevin Best. Photo: “Vanitas”, 2010. (Photo by Kevin Best)

A Russian trenchmortar crew run to take up a new firing position in the Stalingrad area during the Great Patriotic War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). October 1942