One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. If you or someone you know may be ...

Self-immolation is particularly common in the Middle East where as many as 70 percent of all suicides occur by self-immolation. 8 A 2018 meta-analysis of studies published between 2000 and 2018 found ...

In 1963, the monk Thich Quang Duc soaked himself in gasoline and lit himself on fire to protest the government of the Vietnamese leader Ngo Dinh Diem. Within a few years, dozens more had killed ...

On Feb. 25, United States Air Force member Aaron Bushnell set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C.. The 25-year-old, who was in uniform, live-streamed what he called his ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Shortly before setting himself on fire ...

If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Warning: This piece includes photos of self-immolations. U.S. Air Force ...