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18 June 2011

Kissing in Time of Riots: Mystery Couple in Lip Lock as Vancouver Burns

Kissing or injured? 

Kissing or injured?: Lying in the street and locked in a kiss amidst chaos around them, a young couple appear oblivious to the raging crowds and baton-wielding riot police. Vancouver broke out in riots after their hockey team the Vancouver Canucks lost in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals.

 

Image is uncropped and out of focus. Photo four of five, in sequence. A couple lies on a street as an unidentified woman approaches on June 15, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada.
The couple was later identified as Alex Thomas, a Canadian student at University of Guelph, Ontario and her boyfriend Scott Jones, who is from Australia. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)

 

Riot police walk in the street as a couple kisses on June 15, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)

 

Image is uncropped. Photo five of five, in sequence. A couple lies on a street as an unidentified woman approaches on June 15, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)

 

Canada-based photojournalist Richard Lam took the photograph while covering the riots that followed the Vancouver Canucks' 4-0 loss to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup.

 

Riot police walk in the street as a couple kiss on June 15, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. Vancouver broke out in riots after their hockey team the Vancouver Canucks lost in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)

 

Riot police walk in the street as a couple kiss on June 15, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. Vancouver broke out in riots after their hockey team the Vancouver Canucks lost in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)

 

A person walks in front of a burning vehicle on June 15, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. Vancouver broke out in riots after their hockey team the Vancouver Canucks lost in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

 

Riot police stand in front of a burning vehicle on June 15, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)

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