33 Powerful Photos Taken Right Before The World Changed Forever

8. Destruction In Nepal

This comparison photo shows the iconic Bhimsen Tower, a major tourist attraction, in Kathmandu, Nepal just before and after its destruction by a devastating earthquake back in April of 2015.

9. Robin Williams

This is the last known picture of Robin Williams taken before his tragic suicide in August of 2014 at the age of 63. He apparently went to the Dairy Queen and purchased a small vanilla cone before posing for the picture and leaving. He is missed by the world to this day.

10. Modern Art

A chair became lodged in a Joplin, Missouri building wall after a devastating hurricane back in 2011. It was obviously very destructive, but it’s still hard to imagine winds powerful enough to do this! Now it stays as a reminder of the tragic event.

11. Paul Walker.

Paul Walker is shown here climbing into the car that eventually crashed, taking his life in 2013. Many people were quick to point out the tragic irony of The Fast and the Furious star dying in such a way… Art imitates life.

13. Blizzard

Some of us are quick to call any snowfall over a few inches a “blizzard,” but it’s photos like this that remind us of our hyperbole. This is a regular winter snowfall in the remote region of Nunavut, Canada! That is crazy, we couldn’t live there.

14. Niagara Falls

Robert Overcracker drove a jet ski over Niagara Falls to raise awareness for the homeless back in 1995. This photo was snapped just as his parachute failed to deploy, sending him plummeting to his death.