The Photograph That Generated So Much Emotion Around The World

On June 11, 1963 Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức immolated himself at a Saigon intersection creating one of the Vietnam War's most iconic photographs. An excerpt from the article:

"The photograph above of a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk burning himself to death is a famous photograph taken by Malcolm Browne on 11 June, 1963. The monk’s name was Quang Duc and his self-immolation was done in protest to the South Vietnamese Roman Catholic government led by Ngo Dinh Diem, for the persecutions of Buddhists in the Country.
graph of the monk’s death.
The photographs caused a stir around the world when it was featured on the front pages of newspapers. The U.S. President John F. Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) said in reference to the photograph: “No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one.”
The self-immolation was later regarded as a turning point in the Buddhist crisis and a critical point in the collapse of the Diem regime in 1963.
Malcom Browne won a Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of the monk’s death."