1.   As the youngest known victim of the violence, Iman quickly became another poignant symbol of violent conflict.

2.   After her death, JonBenet became for many Americans a poignant symbol of parental manipulation and child exploitation.

3.   Indeed, the explosion that ripped through the heart of Oklahoma City has helped tear down racial barriers and has left a poignant symbol of multiculturalism.

4.   The most poignant symbol of the distinction between Island and City are the two captains.

5.   And in a final poignant symbol, flowers scattered in front of the United Nations in memory of the dead were ripped to shreds by a violent spring storm.

6.   News photos showing U.S. soldiers keeping the crowd at bay became poignant symbols of how Washington had failed to sustain a pro-Western government in southern Vietnam.

7.   The cemetery -- the latest addition to the largest community of Vietnamese outside their native country -- is a poignant symbol of a homeland lost and gained.

8.   The image of a French and a British destroyer docked alongside each other in Bordeaux city centre provided a poignant symbol of the buoyant mood between the two countries.