Afghan Girl
This photo was taken in Dec 1984 by journalist Steve McCurry and became famous when it was featured on the cover of National Geographic Magazine in June 1985. The girl was 12 years old and living in a Pakistan refugee camp at the time the photo was taken. Sharbat Gula was not formally identified as the subject of the photo until 2002. The photo has been referred to as the "Afghan Mona Lisa".