<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the most confronting photos of all time was published by </span><em><span>The New York Times</span></em><span> on </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/today-in-history" rel="" target="" title="March 26, 1993"><span>March 26, 1993</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-march-26-what-happened-on-this-day/dd0ba087-3380-4573-801c-6ac21bb6bc34" rel="" target="" title="South African photographer Kevin Carter"><span>South African photographer Kevin Carter</span></a><span> was in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/africa" rel="" target="" title="South Sudan"><span>South Sudan</span></a><span> documenting the famine there when he saw a starving child on the ground outside the town of Ayod.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In the background was a vulture, presumably waiting for the child to die.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-march-21-what-happened-on-this-day-collyer-brothers/d420209f-80bc-49c4-8745-b09ffc292bb8" rel="" target="" title="Brother starves to death after hoarder killed by own booby trap"><strong><span>Brother starves to death after hoarder killed by own booby trap</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After taking the photo, Carter shooed the bird away.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You won't believe what I've just shot!" Carter told his colleague.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was shooting this kid on her knees, and then changed my angle, and suddenly there was this vulture right behind her!"</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-march-26--what-happened-on-this-day/7d7fd102-2c79-4b6d-ad94-4d3bc6935b76" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Contrary to perceptions, the child was only 50m away from help.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The child was taken to an aid station and survived until adulthood.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Carter left the town via a plane minutes after taking the photo.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The picture, </span><em><span>The Vulture and the Little Girl</span></em><span>, won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/today-in-history-march-25-what-happened-on-this-day-russell-crowe-kidnapping-plot/5a946053-24fd-48ff-90a0-78aebd7115a6" rel="" target="" title="The al-Qaeda plot to kidnap Russell Crowe"><strong><span>The al-Qaeda plot to kidnap Russell Crowe</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was later revealed the child was a little boy. He died in 2007.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The famine was a profound one. In Ayod alone, a dozen adults were dying each day of starvation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The photo spurred the West into action. It was quickly used by aid organisations to raise awareness and money.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Despairing at the extraordinary suffering he had witnessed and beset by personal problems, Carter took his own life four months after winning the Pulitzer.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Despite his critical acclaim, he had major money problems.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>If you or someone you know is in need of support contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue. 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