This 1963 Pulitzer Prize-winning photo shows a Buddhist monk burning himself to death in which city?

Thích Quảng Đức (1897-1963; born Lâm Văn Túc) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quảng Đức was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government led by President Ngô Đình Diệm, a staunch Roman Catholic.

There was no forgetting this Southeast Asian country after Associated Press photographer Malcolm Browne (1931-2012) captured the image of Thích Quảng Đức immolating himself on the streets of Saigon.

He watched as two monks doused the seated elderly man with gasoline. His Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of the seemingly serene monk sitting lotus style as he is enveloped in flames became the first iconic image to emerge from a quagmire that would soon pull in the United States of America.

Quảng Đức’s act of martyrdom became a sign of the volatility of Saigon and his nation, and U.S. President John F. Kennedy later commented, “No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one.” Browne’s photo forced people to question America's association with Diem’s government.

Several Buddhist monks followed Quảng Đức's example, also immolating themselves. Eventually, a U.S.-backed Army coup toppled Diệm, who was assassinated on 2 November 1963.