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News Picture - 1st prize

January 01, 1976

Lebanese Christian Phalangists in the foyer of the Holiday Inn in Beirut, battling with Palestinians in the adjacent hotel during the Lebanese Civil War, in January-February 1976. The Minet-el-Hosn hotel district of downtown Beirut was one of the first fronts in the war that opened up.

January 18, 1976

An elderly Palestinian couple flees the massacre by Christian Phalangists in Karantina, a predominantly Muslim district in Christian east Beirut, during the Lebanese Civil War.

January 18, 1976

Women fleeing an impending massacre by Christian Phalangists in the predominantly muslim district of Karantina in Christian east Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.

January 01, 1976

Young Christians with the body of a teenage Palestinian girl in Karantina, a predominantly Muslim district in Christian east Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.

January 18, 1976

An elderly Palestinian couple, escorted by a Christian gunman, flee their home in the Karantina district in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.

January 01, 1976

Christian gunman mockingly wears a found wig, whose owner has fled the violence in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.

January 01, 1976

Palestinian women and children in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.

January 01, 1976

Christian gunmen and the body of a Palestinian woman in Beirut, during the Lebanese Civil War.

January 01, 1976

A Palestinian man and woman beg mercy from Christian gunmen in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.

January 01, 1976

Christian gunmen in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.

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Spot News - 1st prize

Don McCullin

The Sunday Times

1977 Photo Contest - News Picture - 1st prize
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Don McCullin

The Sunday Times

18 January, 1976

Women fleeing an impending massacre by Christian Phalangists in the predominantly muslim district of Karantina in Christian east Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.

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Don McCullin

Donald 'Don' McCullin (London, UK, 1935) is one of history's great war photographers. His interest in photography was sparked during his national service (1953-1955), when he ser...

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