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Thích Quảng Đức
was a Vietnamese
Mahayana Buddhist
monk who
burned himself to death
at a busy road intersection in
Saigon
on 11 June 1963, in protest against
the persecution of Buddhists
by the
South Vietnamese
government led by
Ngô Đình Diệm
. Images of the act were circulated widely around the world and brought attention to the policies of the Diệm government. This photograph of Quảng Đức's self-immolation was captured by the American journalist
Malcolm Browne
for the
Associated Press
; Browne later won the 1963
World Press Photo of the Year
and a
Pulitzer Prize
for his photographs of the act.
Photograph credit:
Malcolm Browne
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