This was one of the 20 pictures for which three Associated Press photographers won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. A picture of her bruised and blinded right eye was among a group of 20 images that won three AP photographers from Jammu and Kashmir the Pulitzer Prize in early May, making her a recognisable face worldwide. The girl knows nothing about the Pulitzer prize or the politics behind the attack on her. “She started crying, ‘Uncle uncle, something has hit me’. The initial announcement by Pulitzer had said “India revoked its (Kashmir’s) independence”.

Source: The Telegraph May 31, 2020 19:50 UTC