Phan Thị Kim Phúc OOnt (Vietnamese pronunciation: [faːŋ tʰɪ̂ˀ kim fúk͡p̚]; born April 6, 1963), referred to informally as the girl in the picture[1] and the napalm girl, is a South Vietnamese -born Canadian woman best known as the nine-year-old child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize –winning photograph, titled The Terror of War ...

Jun 11, 2022 · For 50 years, an image of nine-year-old Kim Phuc Phan Thi running naked down a road in South Vietnam after a napalm attack has encapsulated the horrors of war.

Jun 9, 2022 · A lesser-known image shows TV crews and South Vietnamese soldiers gathered around Phuc, the skin of her back and arms scorched by the flammable jelly that made napalm such a controversial weapon.

Jun 10, 2022 · Officially titled The Terror of War, the photo is known colloquially as “Napalm Girl” for its main subject: Kim Phuc Phan Thi, who is shown as a terrified, naked 9-year-old fleeing a deadly ...

Oct 30, 2020 · The picture above depicts soldiers walking behind terrified children, including a naked nine-year-old girl named Phan Thi Kim Phuc, running down a country road after a napalm attack on...

Jul 8, 2022 · Fifty years after becoming an unwitting face of the atrocity of the Vietnam War, Kim Phuc Phan Thi is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Peace.

Feb 21, 2024 · Phan Thi Kim Phuc, 53, was all smiles in Miami, where she was preparing for her final laser treatment from Dr. Jill Waibel of the Miami Dermatology and Laser Institute.

Kim Phuc Phan Thi is known around the world as “The Girl in the Picture” and the “Napalm Girl.” In 1972, at age 9, she was immortalized in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph that transformed her into a living symbol of the atrocities of war.

Kim Phuc uses her life story to be a message of peace as she continues to help refugees across the world. In the summer of 2022, she helped 236 refugees from Ukraine flee the Russian war and find refuge in Canada.

I n 1972 a nine-year-old Vietnamese child named Phan Thi Kim Phuc was photographed running naked down a country road after suffering terrible burns from a U.S.-ordered napalm attack on her village.