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Hong Kong police fire tear gas at pro-democracy protesters after tens of thousands hit the streets once more to defy a ban on face masks despite half the city's subway stations remaining closed. IMAGES
Hong Kong riot cops fire tear gas and baton-charge protesters who retaliate with a barrage of stones, bottles and bamboo poles, as a standoff in a working-class neighbourhood descends into violence, breaking an uneasy peace that had lasted several days. IMAGES
Police fire water cannon and tear gas at Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters massed outside the city's parliament, as demonstrators defied a ban on rallying, the arrests of leading activists and rising threats from China, to take to the streets for a 13th straight weekend. IMAGES
Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at pro-democracy protesters who defy authorities to hold a rally on Hong Kong's scenic harbourfront, the latest flashpoint in months of political unrest gripping the city. Clouds of acrid tear gas smoke waft across streets usually packed with tourists, including outside the city's colonial-era Peninsula Hotel, as protesters and police clash for what has become a weekly ritual. IMAGES
Hong Kong police fired tear gas on Sunday morning at protesters intent on keeping their stranglehold on a major tunnel as pro-democracy activists vowed to "squeeze the economy" into next week. IMAGES
Hong Kong protesters flee the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus as some of the more radical demonstrators fight back police tear gas using a catapult and throwing bricks and Molotov cocktails. IMAGES
Tear gas is fired in Hong Kong's Central district near a popular nightclub district where thousands of protesters had gatecrashed Halloween celebrations donning Halloween masks lampooning the city's pro-Beijing leaders in defiance of an emergency law that bans face coverings. IMAGES