The New York Times piece uses a large picture of a researcher scuba diving and touching a coral reef to further grab the readers’ attention. Just by looking at the photo the majority of readers can know generally something about what the article could be about. The next picture they used is an aerial view of the area damaged by bleaching. They also use a visual of an up and close bleached coral with a live marine species in front of it called a blenny. The image is very helpful for readers to understand the importance of the corals for other living organisms. The article lastly contains a photo of a sea turtle who has returned to the ruins of a bleaching event. Both of the last two images show how the life there is affected by the deaths of the environment.
The Washington Posts' paper also uses an underwater photo of a coral reef in order to capture the reader’s attention. This photo is just of the corals themselves without a person involved in the photo. The article also uses a screenshot photo of a tweet made from one of the researchers of the study in order to show the reader the real-time results researcher Hughes is finding. This gives the reader more contexts and reassures the reader that the author has done his homework on the topic and research as opposed to just gathering the information from the article. The screenshot contains a graph showing the differences in the number of corals bleached in different sectors that are being examined. The Washington Post also includes another visual aid in the form of a video. Similar to the Arial view photo in the New York Times article, the video shows the aftermath of the 2016 bleaching event in order for the readers to see the actual damage that has been caused.
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