Saturday, March 5, 1960: Guerrillero Heroico

One of the best-known images of its time, and even today -- a picture of Che Guevara, the minister of industry with the Cuban government -- was taken at a memorial service for people killed in a ship explosion.

* The photo before cropping: @

* From an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London: @ and @

* Pictures from around the world: @

* Photos and graphics from the book "Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image": @

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