The Big Picture: Memorial

Candles held up at Tiananmen memorial in Hong Kong

Thousands of protestors hold candles during a candlelight vigil for the 20th anniversary of the 4 June 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing at Victoria Park on 4 June, 2009 in Hong Kong, China. The remembrance was the biggest event in China to mark the brutal crackdown on student demonstrators which killed hundreds or even thousands of people.

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