Washington DC today, and after Martin Luther King's death – in pictures | Martin Luther King

A 1968 photo of a National Guard truck and soldiers is placed on a easel on 14th Street near Park Avenue Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

A look at the city landscape 50 years on from the violent riots that erupted in the US capital after Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated on 4 April 1968. Rioters smashed windows, looted and burned buildings for several days, and at least 10 people died

by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP

With a set of archive prints and an easel, photographer Pablo Martinez Monsivais revisited the scenes of these original images in Washington DC, and found a city showing few traces remaining from those days of rage.

The corner of 7th and O Streets in north-west Washington DC

The Canterbury Pulpit at the National Cathedral in Washington DC

The 1800 block of 7th Street in north-west Washington DC

The corner of 7th and K Streets in north-west Washington DC

The area near 14th and Irving Streets in north-west Washington DC

The shopping area near 14th and Kenyon Streets in north-west Washington DC

The corner of 4th and H Streets in north-east Washington DC

The intersection of 14th Street and U Street in north-west Washington DC

14th Street near Kenyon Street in north-west Washington DC

14th Street at S Street in north-west Washington DC

14th Street near Park Avenue in north-west Washington DC

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