France: Police Fire Shot at Knife-Wielding Man in Montparnasse Station

French police shot and wounded a 34-year-old man at Montparnasse train station in central Paris on Friday, November 14, after he confronted officers while wielding a knife. The suspect, who police were investigating for domestic violence, then stabbed himself in the throat, and a bystander was also injured by a police bullet.

China: Policeman and Bystander Put Out Burning Delivery Motorcycle in Tianjin

This is the moment a policeman and a passerby rushed to help a delivery rider after his motorcycle suddenly caught fire at an intersection in Tianjin on November 2, 2025. The two worked together to extinguish the flames using a fire extinguisher and sand, bringing the blaze under control within minutes.

US: SUV Crashes Into Domino’s Pizza, Triggers Explosion in Utah

An SUV crashed into a Domino’s in Herriman, south of Salt Lake City, Utah, rupturing a gas line and causing an explosion on Saturday night, July 5. Two bystanders rescued the driver and a passenger moments before the vehicle caught fire. Several people from the three-car crash were hospitalized, but no injuries were reported from the blast.

China: Woman Knocked Over by Flying Metal Sheet in Strong Winds

This tense moment shows a woman being knocked over by a metal sheet blown by strong winds. On May 9, 2025, in Luoyang, Henan, a video captured a restaurant worker standing on a loose metal sheet to prevent it from flying away and potentially hurting others. However, the wind lifted the sheet and sent her tumbling to the ground, resulting in a knee injury. The video ends with the woman lying on the ground in pain as a bystander rushes over to help her.

Pro-Gaza protester attempts self-immolation outside White House - DC

Pro-Gaza protester attempts self-immolation outside White House - DC

A police officer uses a bystander's keffiyeh to extinguish flames on a journalist set himself on fire shouting "Free Palestine" during a demonstration in Washington, DC, on October 5, 2024. Police were able to extinguish the fire and called an ambulance. The protest was one of many worldwide marking one year since the attacks of October 7, 2023, and one year of Israeli retaliation against Gaza. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pro-Gaza protester attempts self-immolation outside White House - DC

Pro-Gaza protester attempts self-immolation outside White House - DC

A police officer uses a bystander's keffiyeh to extinguish flames on a journalist set himself on fire shouting "Free Palestine" during a demonstration in Washington, DC, on October 5, 2024. Police were able to extinguish the fire and called an ambulance. The protest was one of many worldwide marking one year since the attacks of October 7, 2023, and one year of Israeli retaliation against Gaza. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

School Bus Crashes Into A Home - Canada

School Bus Crashes Into A Home - Canada

A bystander takes photos of a school bus crashed into a home on 16th Ave in Burnaby, BC, Canada on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. Eleven people have been sent to hospital, B.C. Emergency Health Services says in a statement that all 11 patients are in stable condition. Health Services says the call came in just before 8 a.m. today about the accident. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

They've Evidently Seen Me by Bruce Bairnsfather

They've Evidently Seen Me by Bruce Bairnsfather

A later version of a "Fragment from France" drawn by the famous World War One cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather for the Bystander magazine. This time, rather than an unsuspecting Tommy observer, a Russian bolshevik is surprised by a Japanese shell whizzing into the chimney pot he is sitting at the top of. Date: 1918