South Korean pro-democracy activists gather outside the Chinese embassy in Seoul to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Hong Kong police on Monday banned an upcoming vigil marking the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary citing the coronavirus pandemic (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters push down barriers blocking access to the city's Victoria park, defying a ban on a vigil commemorating the Tiananmen Square crackdown, which has taken place in the park every year for the past three...

Candles light up Hong Kong's Victoria Park as chants of democracy slogans fill a banned vigil commemorating China's Tiananmen crackdown, with thousands defying a ban against gathering as tensions seethed over a planned new security law...

Hong Kongers gathered near the financial hub's Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront to mark the 31st anniversary of China's deadly Tiananmen, as candle-light vigils were held across the city's local neighbourhoods and shopping districts (Footage by...

China's Foreign Ministry defends the past actions of the Chinese government on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, and responds to reports that the UK government plans to support millions of Hong Kong citizens to emigrate...

Jailed Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong was handed an additional 10-month sentence on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to taking part in an "unlawful" protest last year over the Tiananmen Square crackdown (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Jailed Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong was handed an additional 10-month sentence on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to taking part in an "unlawful" Tiananmen Square protest last year (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong has collected hundreds of spent candle stubs from previous Tiananmen vigils and plans to give them to residents on Friday night -- when the annual event would normally take place but has been banned by local...

People in Tokyo gather outside Yurakucho station, carrying banners and flags to mark the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

A small group of people in Tokyo carry banners and gather near the Chinese embassy on the anniversary of Beijing's deadly Tiananmen crackdown (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

On the eve of the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary, Hong Kong artists stage performances in the busy shopping district of Causeway Bay, near Victoria Park where annual vigils were held (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

In Hong Kong's shopping district of Mong Kok, dozens of people simultaneously turn their mobile phone lights on and light candles, a small gesture of defiance in a city where mass remembrance of Beijing's Tiananmen crackdown has been...

Hong Kong people shine torches on their phones, gathering briefly outside Victoria Park where the annual vigil commemorating Beijing's deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown normally takes place (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

People held a vigil in Vancouver on the 32nd anniversary of Beijing's Tiananmen crackdown, as a traditionally huge annual vigil was banned in Hong Kong (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Dozens of Tokyo residents hold Tiananmen vigil to show solidarity with Hong Kong, where their annual gathering to mark the anniversary of the crackdown has been banned (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Hong Kong police arrest Chow Hang-tung, a barrister and one of the leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance, organisers of the city's Tiananmen Square candlelight vigil, a day after the group declared they would refuse to cooperate with a...

Chow Hang-tung, a barrister and one of the leaders of HK Alliance, the Tiananmen Square candlelight vigil organiser, arrived at police headquarters to submit a letter saying the group won't provide materials requested by the national...

The Hong Kong pro-democracy group that organised three decades of annual vigils commemorating the victims of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown voted to disband on Saturday in the face of China's sweeping clampdown on dissent (Footage...

The Hong Kong pro-democracy group that organised three decades of annual vigils commemorating the victims of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown voted to disband on Saturday in the face of China's sweeping clampdown on dissent (Footage...

China commemorates Martyrs' Day at the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square on Thursday morning, attended by president Xi Jinping (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Pro-democracy politicians Tsoi Yiu-cheong and Leung Yiu-chung, the only two on bail among over two dozen activists on the case, arrive at a court in Hong Kong to face trial over unauthorised assembly at the banned Tiananmen vigil in 2020...

The organisers of Hong Kong's now-shuttered Tiananmen Museum give a media tour to show what is left at the site after a police raid earlier this month (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

File images of 'Pillar of Shame', University of Hong Kong's Tiananmen Square memorial statue (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)