File:Self-immolation of Thich Quang Duc.jpg
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English: Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burning himself to death in Saigon in protest of persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnam government.
This photograph won the World Press Photo of the Year for 1963. John F. Kennedy said that "No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one." |
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"50 of the World's Most Remarkable Photographs", Esquire, March 28, 2016 Originally distributed by the Associated Press and published in numerous newspapers on June 11, 1963. Cropped from the source image to the portion that was published in 1963. (See for example the Decatur Daily Review) |
| Author | Malcolm Browne |
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This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1931 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart and the copyright renewal logs.
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| current | 23:01, 21 October 2023 | | 814 × 590 (97 KB) | wikimediacommons>Toohool | Reverted to version as of 15:53, 13 August 2022 (UTC) - not an improvement - that version is more grainy |
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