This photo was taken in Sudan. The child was crawling towards a UN food distribution centre 1 km away and the vulture was waiting for the child to die. The photographer never learned what happened to the child as he left as soon as hehad taken the picture.
Kevin Carter, the man who took this photo which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994 committed suicide due to depression 3 months after taking this photo, left this prayer in his diary:
Dear God, I promise I will never waste my food no matter how bad it can taste and how full I may be. I pray that He will protect this little boy, guide and deliver him away from his misery. I pray that we will be more sensitive towards the world around us and not be blinded by our own selfish nature and interests.
I hope this picture will always serve as a reminder to us that how fortunate we are and that we must never ever take things for granted.
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