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World Press Photo of the Year: 1989

Charlie Cole, USA, Newsweek.

Beijing, China, 4 June 1989.
Demonstrator confronts a line of People's Liberation Army tanks during Tiananmen Square demonstrations for democratic reform.

 

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Trying to control his breath and steady his shots Cole thought "If this kid's going to give his life in protest I have a responsibility to nail the shot."

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