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Malaysian-born Marcus Yam bags Pulitzer for photos of Kabul's fall

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Los Angeles Times journalist Marcus Yam has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for his pictures of the fall of Kabul to the Taliban a year ago.

According to a report by the Los Angeles Times, Malaysian-born Yam won the award for his “raw and urgent images of the US departure from Afghanistan that captured the human costs of the historic change in the country.”

The award for breaking news photography was shared with four photographers from... 

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