The stories behind the most poignant pictures on 9/11

Almost 3,000 people perished in the attacks (Photo by Lonnie Schlein/Getty Images)

On the day that followed the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington DC, front pages across the globe featured the shocking image of the explosions as two hijacked planes smashed into the World Trade Center, one after another.

But those weren’t the only pictures that told the story.