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Vietnamese photographer gives pope famous 'Napalm Girl' picture

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Nick Ut gave Pope Francis a copy of his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a young Vietnamese girl running naked down the road after a napalm attack. Ut and Kim Phuc Phan Thi greeted Francis at the end of his general audience Wednesday in St. Peter's Square, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the iconic image. Ut was only 21 when he took the Vietnam photo, then set his camera aside to rush the girl to a hospital, where doctors saved her life.

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Reuters

Vietnamese photographer gives pope famous 'Napalm Girl' picture

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY - Award-winning photographer Nick Ut on Wednesday gave Pope Francis one of the 20th century's most famous and consequential news pictures, that of a 9-year old Vietnamese girl running naked from a napalm attack in 1972. The girl in the picture, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, now 59, also was at the pontiff's general audience in St. Peter's Square and both chatted

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Associated Press News

Retired AP photographer Ut gives pope 'Napalm Girl' photo

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Retired Associated Press photographer Nick Ut met Wednesday with Pope Francis and gave him a copy of his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a young Vietnamese girl running naked down the road after a napalm attack.

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abc News

Retired AP photographer Ut gives pope 'Napalm Girl' photo

Retired Associated Press photographer Nick Ut has met with Pope Francis and gave him a copy of his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a young Vietnamese girl running naked down the road after a napalm attack

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Vietnamese photographer gives pope famous 'Napalm Girl' picture

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Award-winning photographer Nick Ut on Wednesday gave Pope Francis one of the 20th century's most famous and consequential news pictures, that of a 9-year old Vietnamese girl running naked from a napalm attack in 1972. Read full story

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Washington Times

Retired AP photographer Ut gives pope ‘Napalm Girl’ photo

Retired Associated Press photographer Nick Ut met Wednesday with Pope Francis and gave him a copy of his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of a young Vietnamese girl running naked down the road after a napalm attack.

2 years ago·United States

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