The facial expressions of the skinny, little children are all marked by fear and despair. Their watery eyes and their wide open mouths reveal a tragic event. Being hurried by uniformed and full-armed soldiers, the children are forced to run. They try to get further but they seem to have reached the limits of their strength. The nearly unnoticeable little boy in the background who is wearing just a long-sleeved white shirt turns around like he is looking for someone he has already lost in this tragedy. The girl with her extended arms to the side has no clothes on to cover her shivering, underweight body. Her tormented face is made worse by the effort not to break down and keep on running. The whole atmosphere is shrouded in sott fog. Dust and dense mist lie over the place like a covering blanket. The narrow road is surrounded by thorny, frondose bushes and barren fields as if it leads right to an empty place without any means of escape. The old, abandoned house at the site is the only sign of living. When looking at this black and white picture taken by Phan Thi Kim Phuc, you wish you did not see a horrific story like this.
Monika Maric, Carola Ponjevic and Emina Ribo
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