In March 1993 Carter made a trip to southern Sudan. The sound of soft, high-pitched whimpering near the village of Ayod attracted Carter to an emaciatedv Sudanese toddler. The girl had stopped to rest while struggling to a feeding center, whereupon a vulture
had landed nearby. He said that he waited about 20 minutes, hoping that
the vulture would spread its wings. It didn't. Carter snapped the
haunting photograph and chased the vulture away.