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World Press Photo Suspends Credit For 'Napalm Girl' Picture

Kim Phuc stands beside the iconic photograph of her running naked and burnt by napalm during the Vietnam War, as she addresses delegates during a 2013 conference in Nagoya, Japan (Credit: AFP)

World Press Photo suspended on Friday the credit for who took one of the most iconic pictures in history, the Vietnam War image "Napalm Girl", after doubts were raised over the photograph's authorship.

The organisation, which awards one of the world's most prestigious photojournalism prizes, said it carried out its own investigation into the haunting 1972 photo -- which shows a nine-year-old girl fleeing naked from a napalm strike -- after the premiere of the film "The Stringer".

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