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"Tank man" blocking a column of tanks heading east on Beijing's Chang'an Boulevard (Avenue of Eternal Peace) near Tiananmen Square during the student uprising. This photo was taken from the sixth floor of the Beijing Hotel, about half a mile away through a 400mm lens.

The image above is an Associated Press photograph.

It was taken by Jeff Widener on June 5, 1989. 'Permission Note -- written permission was received from AP on 29 January 2005 which states:

"Wikipedia is only authorized to display this image to its users. Permission is not granted for copying or redistribution in or through any other medium. Image must be provided with the following credit: "Jeff Widener (The Associated Press)."

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(del) (cur) 10:05, 29 November 2006 . . Mhagensen (Talk | contribs) . . 674×435 (89,064 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
(del) (rev) 10:04, 29 November 2006 . . Mhagensen (Talk | contribs) . . 390×256 (143,878 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
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(del) (rev) 11:21, 18 April 2006 . . MightyGiant (Talk | contribs) . . 674×435 (89,064 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
(del) (rev) 00:27, 6 August 2005 . . Triddle (Talk | contribs) . . 376×250 (21,525 bytes) (Can't figure out revert links, can't any instructions on how to revert image. Reverting through reuploading. )
(del) (rev) 11:34, 5 June 2004 . . Marco Krohn (Talk | contribs) . . 390×256 (19,731 bytes) (removed some of the noise from the photograph and by that made the image 50% smaller)
(del) (rev) 06:46, 4 June 2004 . . Jholman (Talk | contribs) . . 390×256 (39,971 bytes) (optimized)
(del) (rev) 07:09, 7 November 2003 . . Minesweeper (Talk | contribs) . . 390×256 (24,775 bytes) (compressed)
(del) (rev) 02:00, 4 June 2003 . . J.J. (Talk | contribs) . . 390×256 (143,878 bytes) (Tianamen square protestor and tanks- fair use)