50th anniversary of Palach's death, piety, candles
A couple lays flowers at a memorial of Jan Palach during a commemoration this late student near the building of a secondary school he studied in Melnik, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Palach, a student of the Charles University's Faculty of Arts, set himself on fire in Prague on January 16, 1969 in protest against people's growing lethargy following the August 21, 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. He died of fatal burns three days later, aged 20. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)
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- ILEA000218228
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- 2019/1/16 00:00:00
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- CTK / Kyodo News Images
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SLOVAKIA OUT, CZECH REPUBLIC OUT
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