Today is the 24th Anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in China which saw hundreds of thousands of students occupying Beijing's central square, and ultimately resulted in hundreds, perhaps thousands of deaths (the number is disputed).
On the 24rd anniversary of the crisis, we look back at some of the iconic photos the event produced.
The protests began on April 15th, after the death of ousted General Secretary Hu Yaobang.
Hu had widely been seen as reformer and was supported by students, who wanted the Chinese government to continue his pro-market and pro-democracy policies.
Following Hu's official state funeral, some 100,000 students gathered in the Beijing's central square.
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