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Paracel Islands Images and Stock Photos

Browse 273 paracel islands photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

At Sea - A Chinese vessel approaches a Vietnamese Coast Guard boat in waters near the Paracel Islands, claimed by China and Vietnam, in the South...

Tensions in S. China Sea

At Sea - A Chinese vessel sails near an oil drilling platform set up by China in waters near the Paracel Islands, claimed by China and Vietnam, in...

Tensions in S. China Sea

At Sea - Photo shows an oil drilling platform set up by China and vessels believed to be of Chinese registry in waters near the Paracel Islands,...

Tensions in S. China Sea

Anti-China activists hold posters during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1974 naval battle between China and then-South Vietnamese troops...

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Activists place chrysanthemums and pray during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1974 naval battle between China and then-South Vietnamese...

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Anti-China activists place incense sticks into an urn during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1974 naval battle between China and...

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An activist shouts anti-China slogans during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1974 naval battle between China and then-South Vietnamese...

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Vietnam, China - East Asia

Activists stage a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1974 naval battle between China and then-South Vietnamese troops over the Paracel...

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Activists hold anti-China posters during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1974 naval battle between China and then-South Vietnamese troops...

VIETNAM-CHINA-DIPLOMACY-MARITIME-ANNIVERSARY

An activist shouts anti-China slogans during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1974 naval battle between China and then-South Vietnamese...

VIETNAM-CHINA-DIPLOMACY-MARITIME-ANNIVERSARY

An activist places chrysanthemums as he attends a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1974 naval battle between China and then-South Vietnamese...

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An anti-China activist holds a poster saying "74 martyrs live forever" during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1974 naval battle between...

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An anti-China activist holds a placard reading "Spratleys and Paracels belong to Vietnam" during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1974...

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China - East Asia

An anti-China activist holds a banner displaying Vietnam's 11th century general hero Ly Thuong Kiet's poem on Vietnam's determination to defend its...

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Vietnam - Demonstrators at an anti-China rally hold a banner with messages including one saying they will not forget people who died fighting China,...

Anti-China rally in Hanoi

Vietnam - People holding flowers participate in an anti-China rally in Hanoi on Jan. 19 the 40th anniversary of a military conflict in the Paracel...

Anti-China rally in Hanoi

Vietnam - People march in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, on Aug. 14 in protest against China over a bilateral territorial dispute over the Spratly...

Anti-China demonstration in Vietnam

Vietnam - A Vietnamese demonstrator in the capital Hanoi is carried away by police on July 17, 2011. The man was participating in a demonstration...

Anti-China protests in Vietnam

Vietnam - Vietnamese demonstrate in the capital Hanoi against China on July 17 over bilateral territorial disputes involving the Spratly Islands and...

Anti-China protests in Vietnam

Vietnam - About 30 people gather near the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, on June 19 protesting against China over a recent series...

Anti-China demonstration in Vietnam

Vietnam - About 50 people gather in front of the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, on June 12 proclaiming Vietnam's sovereignty over...

Anti-China demonstration in Vietnam

Vietnam - A few hundred people demonstrate near the Chinese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, on June 12, 2011. Claiming...

Anti-China demonstration in Vietnam

Vietnam - Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga speaks during a press conference in Hanoi on May 29 criticizing China after...

Vietnam criticizes China over maritime incident

July 9, 2016 -- A missile frigate of Chinese navy sails to the venue for the missile launch during a military exercise in the water area near south...

CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-MILITARY EXERCISE(CN)

July 9, 2016 -- Soldiers transmit instructions on missile destroyer Hefei during a military exercise in the water area near south China's Hainan...

CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-MILITARY EXERCISE(CN)

July 9, 2016-- Missile destroyer Guangzhou launches an air-defense missile during a military exercise in the water area near south China's Hainan...

CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-MILITARY EXERCISE(CN)

DigitalGlobe via Getty Images imagery of Tree Island from the WorldView-1 Satellite. Tree Island is one of the main islands of the Paracel Islands...

MAY 30, 2016: DigitalGlobe imagery of Tree Island. Tree Island is one of the main islands of the Paracel Islands group in the South China Sea. (Image progression 3 of 3.)

DigitalGlobe via Getty Images imagery of Tree Island. Tree Island is one of the main islands of the Paracel Islands group in the South China Sea....

DEC 2, 2015: DigitalGlobe imagery of Tree Island. Tree Island is one of the main islands of the Paracel Islands group in the South China Sea. (Image progression 2 of 3.)

DigitalGlobe via Getty Images imagery of Tree Island. Tree Island is one of the main islands of the Paracel Islands group in the South China Sea....

DEC 5, 2014: DigitalGlobe imagery of Tree Island. Tree Island is one of the main islands of the Paracel Islands group in the South China Sea. (Image progression 1 of 3.)

DigitalGlobe via Getty Images high-resolution imagery from 26 April 2016 of Woody Island in the South China Sea. The Island has been under the...

DigitalGlobe high-resolution imagery (Closeup 1) imagery from 26 April 2016 of Woody Island (Yongxing Island) in the South China Sea. (Photo DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)

Satellite image of the Amphitrite Group of islands located in the northeast region of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Imaged 11 April...

A satellite View Paracel Islands in the South China Sea

Yonaguni Island, Island

DigitalGlobe via Getty Images overview imagery from 09 January 2016 of Woody Island. Woody Island is also known as Yongxing Island and Phu Lam Island...

DigitalGlobe overview imagery from 09 January 2016 of Woody Island. Woody Island is also known as Yongxing Island and Phu Lam Island and is the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.

DigitalGlobe via Getty Images closeup ver2 imagery from 09 January 2016 of Woody Island. Woody Island is also known as Yongxing Island and Phu Lam...

DigitalGlobe closeup ver2 imagery from 09 January 2016 of Woody Island. Woody Island is also known as Yongxing Island and Phu Lam Island and is the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.

South China Sea

DigitalGlobe via Getty Images closeup ver1 imagery from 09 January 2016 of Woody Island. Woody Island is also known as Yongxing Island and Phu Lam...

DigitalGlobe closeup ver1 imagery from 09 January 2016 of Woody Island. Woody Island is also known as Yongxing Island and Phu Lam Island and is the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.

DigitalGlobe via Getty Images medium view imagery from 09 January 2016 of Woody Island. Woody Island is also known as Yongxing Island and Phu Lam...

DigitalGlobe medium view imagery from 09 January 2016 of Woody Island. Woody Island is also known as Yongxing Island and Phu Lam Island and is the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.

DigitalGlobe via Getty Images closeup ver3 imagery from 09 January 2016 of Woody Island. Woody Island is also known as Yongxing Island and Phu Lam...

DigitalGlobe closeup ver3 imagery from 09 January 2016 of Woody Island. Woody Island is also known as Yongxing Island and Phu Lam Island and is the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.

DigitalGlobe via Getty Images closeup ver4 imagery from 09 January 2016 of Woody Island. Woody Island is also known as Yongxing Island and Phu Lam...

DigitalGlobe closeup ver4 imagery from 09 January 2016 of Woody Island. Woody Island is also known as Yongxing Island and Phu Lam Island and is the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.

Reporters film and take pictures of Han Nom documents dating from 17-18th centuries dealing with Vietnamese sovreignty over the Paracel islands in...

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Nguyen Ta Nhi, a researcher from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences , talks with reporters about old Han Nom documents dating from 17-18th...

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Document, South China Sea

Trinh Khac Manh , from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences , talks with reporters about old Han Nom documents dating from 17-18th centuries...

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Trinh Khac Manh , from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences , talks with reporters about old Han Nom documents dating from 17-18th centuries...

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Trinh Khac Manh , from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences , talks with reporters about old Han Nom documents dating from 17-18th centuries...

VIETNAM-CHINA-MARITIME-DIPLOMACY

Nguyen Ta Nhi, a researcher from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences , talks with reporters about old Han Nom documents dating from 17-18th...

VIETNAM-CHINA-MARITIME-DIPLOMACY

Vietnamese fishboat is chased by a Chinese Maritime Police Bureau ships near the disputed Paracel Islands near the disputed Paracel Islands on May...

Tension Rises In Disputed Area of South China Sea

Chinese drilling equipment located in waters off the Paracel Islands on May 28, 2014 in At Sea. Dozens of Vietnamese and Chinese vessels square off...

Tension Rises In Disputed Area of South China Sea

Chinese coast guard ship navigates in front of Chinese drilling equipment located in waters off the Paracel Islands on May 28, 2014 in At Sea. Dozens...

Tension Rises In Disputed Area of South China Sea

Chinese coast guard ship navigates in front of Chinese drilling equipment located in waters off the Paracel Islands on May 28, 2014 in At Sea. Dozens...

Tension Rises In Disputed Area of South China Sea

Vietnamese fisheries surveillance force vessel is chased by Chinese Maritime Police Bureau ships near the disputed Paracel Islands near the disputed...

Tension Rises In Disputed Area of South China Sea

Vietnamese fisheries surveillance force vessel is surrounded by Chinese Maritime Police Bureau ships near the disputed Paracel Islands near the...

Tension Rises In Disputed Area of South China Sea

Vietnamese fisheries surveillance force vessel is chased by Chinese Maritime Police Bureau ships near the disputed Paracel Islands near the disputed...

Tension Rises In Disputed Area of South China Sea

South China Sea

Chinese Maritime Police Bureau ship uses water cannon to harass a Vietnamese fisheries surveillance force vessel near the disputed Paracel Islands on...

Tension Rises In Disputed Area of South China Sea

Fishing Industry, South China Sea

Police officers call for halt the rally at a park next to the Chinese Embassy on May 18, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Vietnamese people hold a rally...

Vietnamese Government Stops Anti China Rally

Police officers brock the road to close a park next to the Chinese Embassy on May 18, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Vietnamese people hold a rally...

Vietnamese Government Stops Anti China Rally

Police officers stand guard on May 18, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Vietnamese people hold a rally against China's activity around the Paracel...

Vietnamese Government Stops Anti China Rally

Vietnamese people hold anti-China rally on May 18, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Vietnamese people hold a rally against China's activity around the...

Vietnamese Government Stops Anti China Rally

Police officers brock the road to close a park next to the Chinese Embassy on May 18, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Vietnamese people hold a rally...

Vietnamese Government Stops Anti China Rally

Protestors display placards reading "the connivance of violence, arouse the great indignation of both men and gods" and "both sides of the straits...

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Protestors display placards reading "the connivance of violence, arouse the great indignation of both men and gods" and "both sides of the straits...

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Crew members stand at the controls of the bridge on board Vietnamese Coast Guard vessel No. 8003 while navigating in disputed waters claimed by both...

China Plays Cat and Mouse With Vietnam Coast Guard on Rig

An officer on the Vietnamese Coast Guard vessel No. 8003 looks on as it is flanked by a Chinese Coast Guard ship, right, in disputed waters claimed...

China Plays Cat and Mouse With Vietnam Coast Guard on Rig

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