Every one of those icons is a human life lost to a terrorist attack. This is both a tragedy without compare to family and neighbourhood, and one of the most ap

Every one of those icons is a human life lost to a terrorist attack. This is both a tragedy without compare to family and neighbourhood, and one of the most appalling events in our modern world (people being murdered indiscriminately to further political aims). Trying to convey that weight is entirely the point of the infographic.