(Baonghean.vn) - There are moments that make history, but the important thing is whether someone is there to capture them. Let's take a look back at 10 world-shattering photos captured by reporters and photographers during their fieldwork.
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| The "Napalm Girl" photograph, taken by Associated Press photojournalist Nick Ut, shocked the world. In the image, nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc is seen running in terror to escape American napalm bombs in Trang Bang, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, on August 6, 1972. The photograph has become a symbol of the cruelty and brutality of the American military during the Vietnam War. Photo: Nick Ut / AP |
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| Photographer Joe Rosenthal captured the scene of American soldiers raising the flag at Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II. The photograph earned him the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for journalism. Photo: Joe Rosenthal/AP |
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| The photo depicts two-year-old Agim Shala being led through a barbed wire fence to reunite with her family. Thousands of other Kosovo refugees have also been reunited and are camping in Kukes, Albania. Photo: Carol Guzy/Reuters |
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| Richard Drew inadvertently captured the moment a man leaped from the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It is estimated that around 200 people fell or jumped from the WTC's roof after two planes hijacked by terrorists crashed into the towers. To this day, the identity of the "falling man" in Richard's photograph remains a mystery. Photo: Richard Drew /AP |
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| In 1993, during a famine in Sudan, Kevin Carter captured a scene of a young girl crawling toward a relief camp, while behind her, a vulture awaited to devour her. The photograph brought Kevin fame but also subjected him to much criticism. Photo: Kevin Carter/CNN |
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| Photographer Robert H. Jackson captured the moment Lee Harvey Oswald, the prime suspect in the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, was shot dead by Jack Ruby as police escorted him from Dallas in 1963. Robert won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for this photograph. Photo: Robert H. Jackson/AP |
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| AP reporter Neal Ulevich won the Pulitzer Prize in 1977 for his series of photographs depicting chaos and violence on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand. The Thammasat University massacre, which occurred on October 6, 1976, targeted students protesting against the dictator Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn. Not only students, but many other protesters were brutally beaten, shot, hanged, and burned to death. Photo: Neal Ulevich/AP |
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| Miami Herald photographer Patrick Farrell captured heartbreaking images of victims in Haiti in 2008. He made a powerful impact with his black-and-white photographs titled "After the Storm." In one image, a young boy tries to hold onto a stroller that was severely damaged after Tropical Storm Hanna struck Haiti. Photo: Patrick Farrell / Miami Herald |
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| Oded Balilty, an Israeli photographer for the Associated Press, captured the scene of a woman standing alone against authorities attempting to evacuate her settlement in the country. Ynet Nili, then 16 years old, was the subject of the photograph. Explaining her courage in resisting the crowd of police, Ynet Nili said: “You see me in that picture, alone against many people? But that’s just an illusion. Behind that crowd there is only one person, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, but behind me is God and the people of Israel.” Photo: Oded Balilty/AP |
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| This is one of the most striking images depicting the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami, captured by Reuters photographer Arko Datta in Tamil Nadu. Thanks to his photographs of this event, Arko won the World Press Photo Award in 2004. Photo: Arko Datta / Reuters |
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| Deanne Fitzmaurice, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist in 2005, is the creator of this moving photograph. The image, titled "The Lion's Heart Surgery," recalls the story of a 9-year-old Iraqi boy severely injured in one of the most violent conflicts in modern history – the Iraq War. He was taken to a hospital in Oakland, California, where he underwent dozens of surgeries to fight for his life. Because of his courage and will to live, he was given the nickname Saleh Khalaf, "Lion's Heart." Photo: Deanne Fitzmaurice/San Francisco Chronicle |
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| Frank Fournier captured this heartbreaking image: little Omayra Sanchez trapped in mud and collapsing buildings. The 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia caused a massive landslide that devastated many towns and killed approximately 25,000 people. Photo: Frank Fournier |
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