As a protest against the Ngo Dinh Diem government's anti-Buddhist policies, a young Buddhist monk performs a ritual suicide, by self immolation, in...
As a protest against the Ngo Dinh Diem government's anti-Buddhist policies, a young Buddhist monk performs a ritual suicide, by self immolation, in...
Flames engulf Buddhist Priest Ho Dinh Van in front of the Saigon Roman Catholic Cathedral here on October 27th, as people watch. Hundreds witnessed...
Poster calling for a protest demonstration against Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu , who suggested that more Buddist monks should self-immolate during the...
On December 17 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi an unemployed graduate set himself on fire in the when police tried to prevent him from selling vegetables...
On December 17 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi an unemployed graduate set himself on fire in the when police tried to prevent him from selling vegetables...
On December 17 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi an unemployed graduate set himself on fire in the when police tried to prevent him from selling vegetables...
On December 17 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi an unemployed graduate set himself on fire in the when police tried to prevent him from selling vegetables...
Norman Morrison is best known as the Quaker who in 1965 committed self-immolation outside of the Pentagon in protest of the Vietnam War.
As a protest against the Ngo Dinh Diem government's anti-Buddhist policies, a young Buddhist monk performs a ritual suicide, by self immolation, in...
Family with picture of Monica Chadha a higher caste student who self-immolated in protest of Mandal Committee plan for government job quotas for...
Family with picture of Monica Chadha a higher caste student who self-immolated in protest of Mandal Committee plan for government job quotas for...
Family of Monica Chadha, student who self-immolated herself to protest proposed quotas on govt. Jobs for backward castes, holding her portrait.
Indian police officials begin efforts to save Bhanubhai Vankar, who set himself on fire outside the Patan district collector's office at Patan town,...
Tibetan man screams as he runs engulfed in flames after self-immolating at a protest in New Delhi, India, ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's...
Buddhist monks celebrate the anniversary of the self-immolation of monk Thich Quang Duc, who set himself on fire on a busy Saigon street corner in...
Buddhists take pictures of a portrait of monk Thich Quang Duc, who set himself on fire on a busy Saigon street corner in 1963, at the at Vietnam Quoc...
Afghani Member of Parliament Malalai Joya pictured at the bedside of a terribly burnt girl in Freedom Hospital, Kabul. Self immolation is common in...
Afghani Member of Parliament Malalai Joya pictured at the bedside of a terribly burnt girl in Freedom Hospital, Kabul. Self immolation is common in...
Man sets himself on fire as entertainment during the opening night of the Melbourne International Film Festival at the Forum Theatre on July 25, 2008...
Fish restaurant owner Ji Chang-Hwan, aged 56, sets himself on fire in a suicide attempt during an anti-government and anti-Samsung rally who are...
In this picture taken 08 May 2007, Afghan woman Karima lays in her bed with burns over 55 percent of her body at the Herat Regional hospital burn...
Chinese television footage, described as showing a badly burned Falun Gong member after he set himself on fire January 23, 2001 in Beijing's...
Mourners file past the coffin of Czech student Jan Palach at his funeral at Olsany Cemetery in Prague, January 1969. Palach committed suicide by...
Mourners at the coffin of Czech student Jan Palach , who committed suicide by self-immolation in protest at the Soviet-led invasion of...
Homaira cries for her daughter, Hajar a self-immolation victim in serious condition November 17, 2006 in Herat, Afghanistan. She is being treated at...
Nazgul a self-immolation victim takes a few steps outside the burn unit at the Herat Regional hospital November 17, 2006 in Herat, Afghanistan. The...
Nazgul a self-immolation victim sits on her hosptial bed covered by her headscarf at the Herat Regional hospital November 17, 2006 in Herat,...
Bibijan mourns the death of her second daughter, Guljan holding her son, Bashir Ahmad on November 14, 2006 in Herat, Afghanistan. She died from...
Masooma, 18-years-old, who suffers with severe burns on 70% of her body from self-immolation, shows her scars on her hands at the Herat Regional...
The coffin of Jan Palach, a Czech student who committed suicide by self-immolation, being carried into church for his funeral, Czech Republic,...
Stuntman Ted Batchblor sets himself on fire as he ignites the neon-lit Burning Man statue on the last night of the week-long "Burning Man Festival"...
Mariam, 20-years-old and 9 months pregnant, stands next her husband Mohammed who is holding their daughter Sharara, 2-years-old, October 22, 2004 in...
Masooma, 18-years-old, who suffers with severe burns on 70% of her body from self-immolation, shows her scars on her hands at the Herat Regional...
Parigul, 22-yeras-old, who suffers from severe burns on over 50% of her body from self-immolation, has iodine rubbed on her raw skin at the Herat...
Tibetan protester shaves the head of a Tibetan woman during a rally to mark the 57th Tibetan National Uprising Day at Martin Place in Sydney on March...
Policeman stands guard in front of the Tiananmen Gate with the portrait of Mao Zedong in Beijing 24 April 2001, as police tightened security around...
South Koreans help a protester who set himself on fire during a rally on May 7, 2004 in Seoul. Taxi driver Cho Kyung-Shik attempted suicide on Friday...
Tunisian worker checks his phone during a break at the construction site of a new marketplace on December 14 in the impoverished central town of Sidi...
In this aerial image, fire fighters rescue injured passengers on June 30, 2015 in Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan. A man set himself on fire aboard a...
Pranab Boro, an activist of Krisak Mukti Sangram Samiti self-immolates in a protest demanding land rights for local people in various regions of...
Indian police extinguish the flames as Pranab Boro, an activist of Krisak Mukti Sangram Samiti self-immolates in a protest demanding land rights for...
Demonstrator, who set himself on fire after misthrowing a molotov cocktail, reacts during clashes with Israeli security forces following a...
Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Bowatte Indaratane, seen covered in bandages after he self-immolated in Kandy, is brought to the country's main hospital in...
Sri Lankan Buddhist monk Bowatte Indaratane is engulfed in flames after he set himself on fire in the central town of Kandy on May 24, 2013....
People have put candles and flowers in front of a poster of Plamen Goranova during a candlelight vigil in Varna on March 4 in memory of a Bulgarian...
Young Tibetan monks in exile observe prayers marking the third day of Losar, the Tibetan new year, in Kathmandu on February 13, 2013. A Tibetan monk...
An exiled Tibetan monk sets himself on fire at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu on February 13, 2013. A Tibetan monk doused himself in petrol in a...
Tunisian man prays at the mausoleum of Mohamed Bouazizi, the young fruit and vegetable seller whose self-immolation kicked off the Arab Spring in the...
Indian policemen detain a Kashmiri Shiite mourner after he set himself on fire during a Muharram procession on November 23, 2012 in Srinagar, the...
Kashmiri Shiite mourner runs after he set himself on fire during a Muharram procession on November 23, 2012 in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian...
Israelis try to extinguish flames from a protester who set himself on fire during a demonstration in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on...
An Israeli man covers his face with a bandage and holds a sign in Hebrew that reads: "Bibi you burned me too," referring to Israel's Prime Minister...
Demonstrators march through the streets to protest rising housing costs on July 14, 2012 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Growing discontent among Israelis over...
Israelis try to extinguish flames from a protester who set himself on fire during a demonstration in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on...
Tibetan man screams as he runs engulfed in flames after self-immolating at a protest in New Delhi, India, ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's...