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Tiananmen Square massacre – 30 years since the largest political protest in communist China’s history came to a bloody end

The photograph of “tank man” both inspires and shames us. It’s impossible not to feel admiration for the man’s superhuman courage, but the viewer also feels an overwhelming sense of impotence and rage. His cause was already lost and nobody in the West could help him escape. It remains the defining image of the aftermath of the atrocities in and around Tiananmen Square, which saw the leaders of China’s communist party unleash the army on peaceful protests for freedom and democracy.

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The life of Hollywood icon Doris Day remembered in pictures

The actress died at her home in Carmel Valley, California, the Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed. The foundation said she was surrounded by close friends and “had been in excellent physical health for her age, until recently contracting a serious case of pneumonia”. She was known as a honey-voiced singer and actress whose film dramas, musicals and innocent sex comedies made her a top star in the 1950s and 1960s and among the most popular screen actresses in history. Day’s lilting voice, wholesome beauty and ultra-bright smile brought her a string of hits, first on records, later in Hollywood. She celebrated her 97th birthday on April 3.