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Added on the 06/09/2019 17:29:16 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Firefighters battle to quell flames from a car set ablaze near the Chinese University of Hong Kong, as protesters block a highway by throwing objects and Molotov cocktails off a bridge. IMAGES
Protesters set fire to large roadblock near Hong Kong police headquarters in the city centre, sending billows of black smoke into the night sky. The group use plastic bollards, metal fencing and seating from a nearby sports ground to build the barricade before starting the blaze in the central district of Wan Chai. IMAGES
Police fire volleys of tear gas at Hong Kong protesters occupying a main road in famed shopping district Tsim Sha Tsui, as the city see thousands hit the streets for a tenth weekend in-a-row IMAGES
Pro-democracy protesters march at Hong Kong's popular Causeway Bay shopping district. Tens of thousands of them have defied authorities to hold unsanctioned marches through Hong Kong on Sunday, a day after riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse another illegal gathering, plunging the financial hub deeper into crisis. IMAGES
Hong Kong police fire pepper ball rounds at protesters in the city's commercial district ahead of a debate in the legislature over a law that bans insulting China's national anthem. A few hundred protesters chanted slogans during a lunchtime rally in the city's Central district but dispersed when officers fired multiple rounds of irritant-filled pellets, AFP reporters on the scene said. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.