This photo raises questions about the ethicality of some reportage and whether ti is right to display such clear moments of distress to the public. On the one hand, it is exploiting the pain and suffering of nine year old Phan Thị Kim Phúc during the Vietnam War but on the other hand, it is raising awareness about the horrific consequences of war and giving the public a face to the victims. Nick Ut took the photograph during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972 received the pulitzer prize for it. The little girl is town running down the street naked and in obvious agony after her back was severely burned by a South Vietnamese Napalm attack.
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