The World in Images

Hong Kong: The Towering Inferno

S5 • E16    Feb 9, 2026    11m
While behind him, towers hundreds of meters high were ravaged by flames, this man's cry of distress resonated around the world. A historic photograph that became iconic thanks to a simple principle: bringing the disaster down to a human scale.

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Cast of Hong Kong: The Towering Inferno

  • Sonia DevillersSelf - Presenter

 

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