Leopold Joredie and Francois Burck

May 1989, Noumea, New Caledonia — After the assassination of both Jean-Marie Tjibaou, the leader of New Caledonia and the FLNKS party(Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front), and his right-hand man Yeweine Yeweine, Leopold Jored becomes vice-president of the Caledonian Union (UC). Francois Burck becomes president. — Image by © Philippe Boisserand/Sygma/Corbis