&quot;Afghan Girl&quot; portrait by Steve McCurry / Afghan Girl is a 1984 photographic portrait by journalist Steve McCurry which appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic. The image is of a young woman with green eyes in a red headscarf looking intently at the camera. It has been likened to Leonardo da Vinci&#x27;s painting of the Mona Lisa and has been called &quot;the First World&#x27;s Third World Mona Lisa&quot;. The image became &quot;emblematic&quot;... - Follow me if you like it! :)
