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Spot News - 3rd prize

April 17, 1975

The fall of Phnom Penh: A republican soldier cries over his dead friends.

April 17, 1975

The fall of Phnom Penh: Columns of guerillas.

April 17, 1975

The fall of Phnom Penh.

April 17, 1975

The fall of Phnom Penh: A man tears down photographs of the former president.

April 17, 1975

The fall of Phnom Penh: Triumphant Khmer Rouge guerilla soldiers are back in the capital after years in the jungle.

April 17, 1975

The fall of Phnom Penh.

April 17, 1975

The fall of Phnom Penh.

April 17, 1975

The fall of Phnom Penh: Heaps of arms and equipment from the vanquished republicans are piled on the street.

April 17, 1975

The fall of Phnom Penh: People panic after the new rulers ordered all civilians to leave the capital.

April 17, 1975

The fall of Phnom Penh: Civil servants of the fallen government take refuge in the compound of the French embassy.

April 17, 1975

The fall of Phnom Penh: Triumphant Khmer Rouge guerilla soldiers are back in the capital after years in the jungle.

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General News - 2nd prize

Sven-Erik Sjöberg

Dagens Nyheter

1976 Photo Contest - Spot News - 3rd prize
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Sven-Erik Sjöberg

Dagens Nyheter

17 April, 1975

The fall of Phnom Penh: Columns of guerillas.

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