An image taken from video shows a mob of Han Chinese attacking a lone ethnic Uighur along a street in Urumqi, in China’s far west Xinjiang province. Han Chinese mobs attacked two Uighurs in separate incidents in Urumqi, according to AFP reporters. (Sam Beattie / AFP/Getty Images)
Chinese soldiers pass a propaganda billboard in the city of Urumqi in China’s far west Xinjiang region. (Peter Parks / AFP/Getty Images)
An elderly ethnic Uighur passes Chinese soldiers resting in an alley in Urumqi, China.(Goh Chai Hin / AFP/Getty Images)
Chinese security forces get into formation in a square in Urumqi in western China’s Xinjiang province. China flooded the provincial capital with security forces Wednesday, and President Hu Jintao cut short a visit to a G-8 summit, as Beijing tries to stem ethnic clashes in the wake of a riot that left at least 156 dead. (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)
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A boy runs in front of the burned shell of a car in a street in Urumqi in China’s far west Xinjiang province. (Peter Parks / AFP/Getty Images)
A man watches from a shop entrance as Chinese paramilitary police train on the streets of Urumqi, China. Police sealed off streets in parts of the provincial capital after discord between ethnic Muslim Uighur people and China’s Han majority erupted into violence. (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)
Residents walk past burned cars in Urumqi, China.(Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)
A blood-stained car is towed away in Urumqi. (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)
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A Chinese paramilitary police officer holds an automatic rifle in Urumqi, western China.(Ng Han Guan / Associated Press)
