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Original – Japanese socialist politician Inejiro Asanuma (61) being stabbed a second time by right-wing ultranationalist Otoya Yamaguchi (17), killing him. This photograph won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Photography and World Press Photo of the Year.
Reason
High resolution, good composition, is among Wikipedia's best work (enormous historical value of this image), Public Domain, adds significant understanding to articles that are listed below, is definitely verifiable (won a Pulitzer), has an appropriate file description, no signs of digital manipulation
Articles in which this image appears
Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma, Otoya Yamaguchi, Inejirō Asanuma, and a few others
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures#History
Creator
Yasushi Nagao