The photo of "Napalm Girl'' depicting nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phúc running from a South Vietnamese airstrike shocked the world in 1972. But there's a lot more to her story.AP/Nick UtPhotographer Nick Ut’s original, uncropped version of “Napalm Girl” Phan Thi Kim Phúc with ARVN soldiers and several journalists.
Among history’s most influential photographs is the haunting image of “Napalm Girl” Phan Thi Kim Phúc, a then-9-year-old caught in a moment of desperation during the Vietnam War in 1972. Read More...
Trepanation, the practice of drilling a hole in your head to let your brain "breath", was used to treat ailments like headaches, epilepsy, or possession by evil spirits.Oil on panel depiction of a trepanation by artist Hieronymus Bosch.
The bone of the skull would be pierced or scraped down to expose the brain matter of the subject to the open air. Typically, this was done without any numbing techniques.
Called trepanation, this wasn’t some form of medieval torture, it was actually a treatment and cure for ailments like headaches, epilepsy, or “possession by evil spirits”. Read More...
Located in the Moc Chau Island park in the northwestern province of Son La, the Back Long pedestrian bridge spans over 2,000 feet above a 490-foot-deep gorge.NHAC NGUYEN/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Bach Long bridge opened on April 29, 2022, to coincide with the 47th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
Two long years after closing its borders in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam ended its travel restrictions and reopened to visitors in March 2022. Read More...
