This awe-inspiring image shows the humane side of the Baltimore riots.
As temperatures flare, a young boy calmly breaks the protest line to walk up to police officers dressed in riot gear offering them bottles of water.
The kind-hearted gesture has captured the hearts of a nation after being posted to Facebook by Bishop Cromartie.
He wrote: "One of the many pictures that I captured today in the midst of helping clean up the city - it speaks volumes.”
In another heartwarming incident gone viral, footage above shows the moment a burly man pulls protesters away from riot police.
The tattooed man, dressed in a skull t-shirt, pleads with protesters to stop them from initiating a police backlash.
While dragging several rioters back, he is heard shouting: "Don't give them a reason."
Baltimore's violent unrest erupted after the funeral on Monday of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died in police custody.
Earlier today the furious mum filmed beating her wannabe rioter son in Baltimore revealed why she lost her cool.
A clip showing Toya Graham beating a protester with his face covered and dressed in black then screaming "take that f***ing mask off" quickly went global yesterday.
The boy behind the mask was her 16-year-old son Michael.
Toya won praise from the city's police commissioner and was widely hailed on social media across America as 'Mom of the Year'.
Speaking to CBS News, Toya said: "He gave me eye contact, and at that point, not even thinking about cameras or anything like that... (I thought) that's my only son and at the end of the day, I don't want him to be a Freddie Gray.
"Is he a perfect boy? No he's not. But he's mine, he knew he was in trouble, at that point, I just lost it.
"I was shocked, I was angry, because you never want to see your child out there doing that."
The Baltimore station that originally videotaped Graham said she saw her son throwing rocks while watching coverage of the mayhem and ran out to stop him.
Police Commissioner Anthony Batts praised her as "one mother who grabbed her child who had a hood on his head and she started smacking him on the head because she was so embarrassed.
"I wish I had more parents that took charge of their kids out there tonight."
The woman's insistent pursuit of the boy went viral online, and it won applause from Fox News contributor Charles Payne, who called her "Mom of the Year" on Twitter.
His comment was marked as a favorite by hundreds of people.
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