Images of the coup: Day 8

Fiji's democratically-elected Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, seen here being sworn in to office on May 19, 1999. Exactly one year later Chaudhry was taken hostage along with more than 30 other members of parliament in an attempted coup led by George Speight. Despite extensive negotiations with the indigenous Great Council of Chiefs, Speight and his men show no sign of releasing Chaudhry and the other hostages. Picture / Reuters