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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

Washington DC today, and after Martin Luther King's death – in pictures

A 1968 photo of a National Guard truck and soldiers is placed on a easel on 14th Street near Park Avenue
A 1968 photo of a National Guard truck and soldiers is placed on a easel on 14th Street near Park Avenue Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

With a set of archive prints and an easel, photographer Pablo Martinez Monsivais revisited the scenes of these original images in Washington DC, and found a city showing few traces remaining from those days of rage.

The corner of 7th and O Streets in north-west Washington DC
The corner of 7th and O Streets in north-west Washington DC
The Canterbury Pulpit at the National Cathedral in Washington DC
The Canterbury Pulpit at the National Cathedral in Washington DC
The 1800 block of 7th Street in north-west Washington DC
The 1800 block of 7th Street in north-west Washington DC
The corner of 7th and K Streets in north-west Washington DC
The corner of 7th and K Streets in north-west Washington DC
The corner of 7th and K Streets in north-west Washington DC
The corner of 7th and K Streets in north-west Washington DC
The area near 14th and Irving Streets in north-west Washington DC
The area near 14th and Irving Streets in north-west Washington DC
The shopping area near 14th and Kenyon Streets in north-west Washington DC
The shopping area near 14th and Kenyon Streets in north-west Washington DC
The corner of 4th and H Streets in north-east Washington DC
The corner of 4th and H Streets in north-east Washington DC
The intersection of 14th Street and U Street in north-west Washington DC
The intersection of 14th Street and U Street in north-west Washington DC
14th Street near Kenyon Street in north-west Washington DC
14th Street near Kenyon Street in north-west Washington DC
14th Street at S Street in north-west Washington DC
14th Street at S Street in north-west Washington DC
14th Street near Park Avenue in north-west Washington DC
14th Street near Park Avenue in north-west Washington DC
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