Until Monday,
Callam Rodya
On this day in 1963, Thich Quang Duc, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, set himself ablaze and burned to death in a busy intersection in Saigon. The radical action was a protest against the persecution of Buddhists by President Ngo Dinh Diem. This and other photographs like it were circulated around the world and drew international attention to the plight of the Buddhists in South Vietnam. Thich Quand Duc's self-immolation set in motion a series of events that culminated in an Army coup against Diem.
