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Image of death shocks, but will it inspire policy change?

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Sometimes it takes an image of death or suffering to shock the public into thinking more deeply and critically about the policies their country carries out in their names.

Think of the so-called "Napalm girl," the Vietnamese 9-year-old whose image was captured by an AP photographer running naked down the road, her clothing shredded by napalm.

Or think of the Syrian toddler whose limp

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