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Aug 31, 2019: A Hong Kong police officer holds a riot shield as a woman observes the arrest of 2 suspected protesters in Wan Chai after an intense day of confrontations between law enforcement and prodemocracy protesters.
Sept 29, 2019: Protestors flee as Hong Kong Police fire tear gas canisters and less lethal riot munitions during a confrontation on Hong Kong Island.
August 10, 2019: Hong Kong police charge underneath Tai Wai’s Octopus Pedestrian Bridge as protesters illuminate them with green laser pointers.
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August 13, 2019: Healthcare professionals stage an anti police-brutality demonstration inside Hong Kong’s Prince of Wales hospital in Shatin while wearing eye patches to show solidarity with a woman whose eye was severely injured by a non-lethal bean bag round fired by police.
August 18, 2019: Thousands of protesters stand in Causeway Bay’s Victoria park holding umbrellas to shield themselves from the rain while listening to prodemocracy speeches before taking to the streets of Hong Kong Island in a march that consisted of approximately 1.7 million people.
August 21, 2019: Prodemocracy demonstrators hold a moment of silence for the victims of police violence during a remembrance sit-in at Yuen Long MTR station to mark the 1 month anniversary of the July 21 Yuen Long incident.
August 24, 2019: A Hong Kong Police Force officer stands holding a riot shield in front of the Kwun Tong Police Station after the arrival of thousands of prodemocracy protesters.
August 24, 2019: A Hong Kong STS "Raptor" police officer arrests a frontline prodemocracy protester after police rushed past barricades in Kwuntong
August 24, 2019: A Hong Kong police officer fires a teargas round at protesters during a clash in Kwun Tong after a tense standoff.
August 24, 2019: A protest sign lays in the street along with debris left behind from the construction of a road block made by prodemocry protesters in Kwun Tong.
August 25, 2019: Prodemocracy protesters kneel down after throwing bricks, taking cover from rubber bullets and tear gas shells fired by Hong Kong police during a clash in Tsuen Wan.
August 25, 2019: Hong Kong police in riot gear stand and watch a growing crowd of front line protesters gather in the road before the start of a clash in Tsuen Wan.
August 25, 2019: A prodemocracy protestor carries an improvised shield and metal pipe through clouds of teargas during a clash with police in Tsuen Wan.
Aug 25, 2019: A Hong Kong police officer gestures for press and the public to stay back as other officers begin to leave after searching for prodemocracy protesters in Sham Sui Po.
Aug 28, 2019: Prodemocracy protesters march holding signs after leaving a demonstration in Admiralty’s Edinburgh Place in support of aviation industry workers fired due to their support of the prodemocracy movement.
August 31, 2019: A prodemocracy protester tears out the wiring of a security camera while others vandalize the Mongkok MTR station concourse.
Aug 31, 2019: A Hong Kong police officer holds a riot shield as a members of the public observes the arrest of 2 suspected protesters in Wan Chai after an intense day of confrontations between law enforcement and prodemocracy protesters.
September 1, 2019: A commercial airliner takes off as prodemocracy protesters rest during a mass retreat from Hong Kong International Airport after an attempt to blockade the busy travel hub.
September 15, 2019: A Hong Kong police force crowd suppression vehicle fires a stream of high pressure water laced with chemical irritants toward prodemocracy protesters attempting to attack the Hong Kong Central Government Complex in Hong Kong Island’s Admiralty district.
Sept 19, 2019: Schoolgirls carry a sign during a prodemocracy demonstration in Shatin along the banks of the Shing Mun river.
September 22, 2019: Two protesters admire their work after quickly spray painting graffiti which references the July 31st Yuen Long white-shirt incident. Over 1000 Pro democracy protesters gathered in Hong Kong's Tuen Mun park to take part in a march through the area, setting up barricades before fleeing advancing Hong Kong Police Force officers, resulting in several hours of skirmishes between both groups. Police used tear gas and less-lethal munitions as protesters employed their typical barricade defenses along with molotov cocktails and other crude improvised weapons.
September 22, 2019: Over 1000 Pro democracy protesters gathered in Hong Kong's Tuen Mun park to take part in a march through the area, setting up barricades before fleeing advancing Hong Kong Police Force officers, resulting in several hours of skirmishes between both groups. Police used tear gas and less-lethal munitions as protesters employed their typical barricade defenses along with molotov cocktails and other crude improvised weapons.
September 22, 2019: A prodemocracy demonstrator wearing a white mask holds up a speaker playing a protest anthem during a standoff near Mongkok’s Prince Edward MTR station.
September 28, 2019: Protesters and members of the public hold their smartphones with lights activated during the Anti-Authoritarianism Rally in Tamar Park, marking the 5th anniversary of the start of the Yellow Umbrella Revolution in 2014.
September 29, 2019: A prodemocracy protester stands holding national flags before the start of a massive protest march in Hong Kong Island’s Causeway Bay district.
September 29, 2019: Thousands of pro democracy protesters gathered in Hong Kong's Causeway Bay area to take park in the Global Anti Totalitarianism March.
Sept 29, 2019: A prodemocracy protestor aims a slingshot before letting loose a projectile toward police lines after a protest march through Causeway Bay was cut off by police officers attempting to stop the unsanctioned march.
September 29, 2019: Hong Kong Police hold batons and create a human barrier while other officers attempt to make an arrest during a confrontation between prodemocracy demonstrators and law enforcement in Causeway Bay before the start of a large anti-government rally.
Sept 29, 2019: A man lays pinned on the ground by Hong Kong police as officers lock their arms to form a barrier during a confrontation in Causeway Bay before the start of a prodemocracy march.
Sept 29, 2019: A Hong Kong Police officer attempts to arrest a prodemocracy protester in Causeway Bay before the start of a massive protest march.
October 1, 2019: Pro Beijing Chinese flag stickers which read “I Love You, My Home Country” cover a pillar in Wan Chai on Chinese National Day, October 1st, 2019, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
October 4, 2019: A prodemocracy protestor extends her hand and screams antigovernment slogans shortly before Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s press conference announcing a ban on wearing face masks during protests.
October 4, 2019: A fiberglass statue of “Lady Liberty”, a common symbol of the prodemocracy protest movement, stands in Causeway Bay after being assembled by protesters.
October 6, 2019: A prodemocracy protester throws lightly serrated kitchen knives toward a group of police from an elevated onramp next to the Hong Kong Police Headquarters in Wan Chai during a confrontation between demonstrators and law enforcement.