It's all about context and respect.

Images in history books, like the holocaust pictures, are there so we will (hopefully) not repeat past errors. I do not have a problem with that.

The images I have been seeing lately on the news are more for sensation, to get people to look and hopefully sell ads. I get the majority of my news from Internet sources, and I strongly feel that, if you are going to show the picture of a dead human being, you should only show that to people who actively want to see it. That is, there should be some sort of <click here for graphic photo> warning. Not only am I not seeing that, I have even seen teasers for other stories that include images of dead bodies.

It's boggling that we think wardrobe malfunctions warrant huge fines but using images of the dead to sell news is ok.