Valued exposure: Violence

Mexico City police beat a protester during student march

Mexico City police beat a protester during student march days before the military gunned down hundreds of students during a peaceful march 2 October 1968, at Tlatelolco Plaza in Mexico City.

More than 25 people were killed during a vicious gun battle just days before the Olympic Games were due to begin.

Photo: AP

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