A picture is more powerful than mere words when it comes to investigating crimes/ accidents. Pictures for such purposes can reveal details on the crime/ accident scenes that were being overlooked. This helps people to recreate things into words and is espcially vital to the authorities tasked to investigate the situation. It may assist them in cracking the case within a shorter period of time. Also, it is difficult to argue against a picture compared to mere words in statements. Furthermore, accident/crime scenes are usually cleaned up quickly. Hence, it is essential to record the details of the crime/accident scenes within a short period of time.

For exmaple, pictures are more useful in a car accident. The pictures will show clearly how the accident occurred and how the damages were caused. Accident pictures can clear an innocent person of fault if the parties involved intends to file a claim against him/her.

For example, Muslim extremists are staunch in their belief of engaging in acts of terrorism. Their reason is that the Quran stated that Muslims should wage a holy war against those who oppose Islam. It highlights that words are more powerful than pictures, as these Mulism extremists are willing to be martyrs under the influence of the words from the Quran