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One of the most gruesome images, a still photograph taken by Charles Krupa of The Associated Press, showed a man being pushed in a wheelchair. His lower leg was blown away, with bloodied bones hanging down.
The image was sent to Associated Press members in two versions. In one, the leg was leg cropped out and in the other it was shown, said Santiago Lyon, AP vice president and director of photography. Many AP photos are sent directly to news websites with no outside filtering, but this picture was held back so editors could make their own judgments about whether to use it.
"Different markets have different tolerances for violence and gore," Lyon said. "We're pretty sure that parts of the world will make good use of it. We didn't want it to get out in the flow with no human intervention."
The Atlantic magazine's website used Krupa's image but required users to click on a warning before viewing it.
