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The end of a hungry Sudanese girl

When people asked about the little girl's whereabouts, unfortunately, Carter didn't know either. As a reporter, he pressed the shutter, then drove away the vulture and watched the little girl leave. Kevin carter waited there quietly for 20 minutes, chose the right angle, and tried not to frighten the vultures until they spread their wings.

After the filming, kevin carter drove away the vulture. Later, he said that he waited there for 20 minutes, hoping that the eagle could spread its wings. After taking the photo, Carter drove the eagle away. Watching the little girl continue to stumble forward. Then sit under the tree, light a cigarette, read the name of God and wail aloud.

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1993 Sudan suffered from frequent wars and famines at the same time. Kevin Carter, a freelance photojournalist from South Africa, came to Sudan, an African country devastated by war, poverty and hunger. One day, he saw such a shocking scene: a skinny Sudanese girl couldn't walk any further on the way to the food relief center and fell to the ground.

Not far away, a huge vulture is squatting, greedily staring at the dying little life on the ground, waiting for the upcoming "delicious meal". Kevin carter caught this shot. 1On March 26th, 993, The New York Times, a famous American authoritative newspaper, published this photo of kevin carter for the first time. Subsequently, other media quickly spread around the world, causing strong repercussions among people in various countries. This is a photo that won the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Hungry Sudan