The Napalm Baby has been voted the photograph that changed the world.

The Napalm Girl is a photograph taken by reporter Nick Ut on June 8, 1972, while he was working for the American news agency AP. The photo shows nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc running naked in panic with several other children as planes dropped bombs on Trang Bang, Tay Ninh, during the Vietnam War.

Nick Ut, then 21 years old, took Kim Phuc to the hospital. She suffered burns to 30% of her body and only began treatment for the burn scars in 2015. He shared with the press: "I cried when I saw her running down the street. If I hadn't helped her, and if something had happened and she had died, I think I would have killed myself afterward."

The Napalm Girl photograph was subsequently widely circulated around the world and hailed as a key factor in ending the Vietnam War. In 1973, it was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for journalism. To this day, the fact that 37% of British viewers voted it the photograph that changed the world over the past five decades in a History Channel poll further demonstrates its enduring influence.

The survey was conducted by the History Channel to launch a six-part series titled "Photos That Changed the World." This series will showcase photographs that have changed the world or changed how viewers think about the world. The first episode aired on History Channel on October 21st.

These are the photos that have changed the world in the last 50 years:

1. Napalm Girl: A 9-year-old girl who fled a napalm attack in Vietnam.

2. The Drowned Boy: The body of Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi washed ashore on the Turkish coast.

3. Nelson Mandela: Former South African President Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years.

4. Man on the Moon: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the Moon.

5. Tank Man: An unidentified man who blocked a Chinese tank in Tiananmen Square.

6. 7/7 Woman in the Mask: a victim who had to wear a mask during the 7/7 bombing on Edgeware Road.

7. The Moors Murders: The killer Myra Hindley.

8. The Hooded Man: Prisoner Abdou Hussain Saad Faleh is tortured in Abu Ghraib prison.

9. Munich Massacre: terrorist attack on the Israeli Olympic team in 1972.

10. Royal Kiss: Prince Charles kisses Princess Diana at their royal wedding.

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