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Several thousand demonstrators march in Hong Kong -- defying authorities a year after huge pro-democracy protests erupted -- as the movement struggles in the face of arrests, coronavirus bans on crowds and a looming national security law. IMAGES
Protesters are cordoned off by police in Hong Kong as small scale protests erupt ahead of a debate in the legislature over a law that bans insulting China's national anthem. 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
Plainclothes police officers baton-charge protesters in a Hong Kong shopping mall. Major shopping centres have become regular protest venues with demonstrators attempting to disrupt the economy in their push for greater democratic freedoms and police accountability. 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
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.