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I picked this image because it looked interesting, unreal and thought that the image alone had a story.
This photo is a protest by buddhists because their government had treated them unfairly. Thich Quang Duc lit himself on fire as a protest, and the protest led to the way people saw the government. The American people then questioned their relations with that government and President Kennedy said "No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one."
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I picked this image because I could tell it was a nebula and like science, and the photo has an amazing set of colors formed that makes it appealing.
This photo was one of the first photos taken from the Hubble Space Telescope after 5 years of maintenance and waiting. It became an astonishing photo because of how long the formation was, for it was 5 light-years long. This photo is known as The Pillars of Creation and is of a nebula.
The original caption of this photo was named the shuttle incorrectly, for it was Discovery but the original caption named it Atlantis.

I chose this photo because I wanted to know more about why he's taking this photo.
This photo was taken moments before the Soviets invaded Prague. The Soviets invaded Prague because they were scared that there would be a democratic uprising like in Hungary, 1956. This photo was taken after citizens tried to set barricades, confuse soldiers by removing street signs, throwing stones at tanks, etc.
The photos were smuggled out to a London newspaper where the photographer's name, Josef Koudelka, was hidden, going by PP, or Prague Photographer. Koudelka later fled Czechoslovakia in fear that the soviets would find out his identity.

I chose this photo because I was interested in why this man was holding a molotov and is in the midst of throwing it.
The photo was taken as this man, Pablo de Jesus Arauz, throwing a molotov at the last fortress of the dictatorship in Nicaragua. They have been revolting the Nicaragua dictatorship that fell shortly after this picture was taken and the dictator fled.
Her photo became a symbol because it showed the fight that people are willing to do.

I chose this photo because I thought it looked good and I was curious about why this soldier was jumping over barbwire.
The photo was taken as Hans Conrad Schumann was escaping as a Berlin crowd enticed him to "Come over." The section of Berlin was barricaded of because millions of germans were trying to leave the soviet for freedom. The photographer got a tip that there was going to be a defection. Schumann than became a symbol of freedom.
Schumann did not intend on becoming a symbol of freedom, nor did he like it. He committed suicide in 1998.

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