Little is known about the man who blocked the path of a column tanks in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 5, 1989.

The famous tank man photo is an iconic image captured during the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, China, on this day in 1989.

Tank Man was photographed on June 5, 1989, in the immediate aftermath of a deadly government campaign to clear Tiananmen Square of protesters.

Sculptor Weiming Chen is building "Tank Man," a monument to Tiananmen Square outside Barstow on a 36-acre plot hugging Interstate 15.

Microsoft blocked images and videos around the world of “Tank Man,” the unidentified protester during China’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square ...

Tanks have been continually rumbling in my mind and heart since the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre 34 years ago. We will commemorate the anniversary Sunday.

What it’s done instead is create a counter-narrative, calling Tiananmen “political turbulence” and claiming the crackdown was justified. The Tank Man photo was not included in this counter-narrative.

Award-winning photojournalist Charlie Cole talks about capturing the icon shot of the "Tank Man" following weeks of mass protest in Tiananmen Square and how the photo was almost destroyed forever.

This photo of the Tiananmen "Tank Man" in 1989 was taken by Jeff Widener for the Associated Press. Charlie Cole, who died last week, took a similar picture for Newsweek that went on to win the ...

Microsoft blocked images and videos around the world of “Tank Man,” the unidentified protester during China’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square ...