1 June 1989: Protests on West Chang'an Avenue near Tiananmen SquarePhotograph: WithheldThe Goddess of Democracy statue in the square – it was constructed out of foam and papier-mâché by students at the Central Academy of Fine ArtsPhotograph: Withheld4 June 1989: An armoured vehicle passes cyclistsPhotograph: Withheld
An ambulance carrying wounded people drives west from Tiananmen SquarePhotograph: WithheldA crowd gathers around human remains in front of a hospitalPhotograph: WithheldCivilians climb on to an armoured vehicle in front of the Military MuseumPhotograph: WithheldArmoured vehicles are set ablaze by civilians after the crews were forced outPhotograph: WithheldArmoured vehicles set on fire by civiliansPhotograph: WithheldCivilians watch an armoured vehicle drive pastPhotograph: WithheldCivilians flee gunfirePhotograph: Withheld5 June 1989: The day after the crackdown, tanks patrol the streets – soldiers in trucks following the tanks point guns at civilians on the roadPhotograph: WithheldSoldiers block the road to collect bodies from destroyed trucksPhotograph: WithheldA tank pushes through a roadblock of buses set up by civilian protesters. Military convoys from Tiananmen Square led by tanks are at this stage patrolling the streets several times a dayPhotograph: WithheldAfter a tank patrol passes, civilians push buses back into place at a roadblockPhotograph: WithheldAnti-government graffiti on the wall of Zhongnanhai, where top Chinese Communist party officials residePhotograph: Withheld
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