The photograph conforms to all the necessary standards for a media image depicting tragedy. It shows a father and his daughter, face down, at the edge of a river, their bodies floating in the muddy water. They can't be identified and their faces are not visible, which would violate standards of "taste" at many media outlets. But the story of the two people in the photo by Julia Le Duc has been documented.
Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his toddler daughter, Valeria, died after being swept away by a strong current while the family was trying to cross the Rio Grande into the United States.