Private sorrow

Whenever I see a photo like this, I wonder if the reporter asked the subjects for permission. Did this women realize that her moment of private, intense sorrow will show up on the front cover of the most circulated newspaper in the world? Does she want this to happen? In some ways, all of reporting is paparazi - you snap a picture of a person when he/she is at her worst, and you publish it for the shock value. Our world is so transparent that you can no longer mourn and grieve in privacy.