The Burning Monk is the common name for a 1963 photograph taken by Associated Press photographer Malcolm Browne in Saigon, depicting the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc calmly sitting in the lotus position as he set himself on fire in protest of the South Vietnamese government's treatment of Buddhists under President Ngo Dinh Diem. The image was published on front pages around the world, reportedly influencing the Kennedy administration's reassessment of its support for the Diem government, and it won Browne the World Press Photo of the Year award and a share of the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.
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CountryPhotograph was taken in Saigon, South Vietnam; the source is the article on the monk and does not state a country of origin for the photograph itself. Release Year In the Other Atlases
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1. The Burning Monk (Wikipedia)
2. Thich Quang Duc (Wikipedia)
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Saigon, South Vietnam
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