On June 5, 1989, students staged a peaceful demonstration for democracy in Beijing's Tienanmen Square. The army, in an effort to break up the gathering, brought in troops and tanks. Teri Jones of the Associated Press, photographed the top picture of a lone individual who stood in the way of the approaching tanks in an effort to stop them. This picture, which was distributed to news outlets worldwide, became the identifying symbol of the Tienamen Massacre.
Recently, the individual known to the world as 'Tank Man' can be seen in the lower picture between two trees on the left side just above the pedestrian's left shoulder. Taken from street level, the picture shows him poised in the middle of the street as he awaits to confront the approaching tanks from the distance. This street level shot was taken by AP's Jeff Widener, and was only recently published.
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