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burning monk

There goes my ignorance. I always thought this dramatic photo was only the cover of Rage Against the Machine’s debut album, while in reality, the story behind the photo is quite sad and shocking.

On June 11, 1963, Thich Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk from the Linh-Mu Pagoda in Hue, Vietnam, burned himself to death at a busy intersection in downtown Saigon, Vietnam

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