01 July, 1968
A starving child in Biafra, Nigeria.
Sven-Erik Sjöberg
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1968 Photo Contest
Bela Zola
Fred Fischer
Zygmunt Wdowinski
Leos Nebor
Helmuth Pirath
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier
Ernö Vadas
Albert Winkler
Ernest E. Miller
Gianfranco Moroldo
Flames of Protest
Frank Hoy
Victor Budan
David Paynter
Igor Utkin
Hilmar Pabel
Gérard Klijn
Max Scheler
Terence Spencer
Ron Bennett
Eddie Adams
Pedro Luis Raota
Douglas Miller
Tonny Strouken
Alfred Markey
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