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Hong Kong mothers hold a rally to support youth-led anti-government protests. IMAGES
Civil servants in Paris turn out in low numners to march in an attempt to wrest pay rises from the French government despite a tight budgetary situation. IMAGES
Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam holds a meeting with her newly-confirmed successor John Lee, who was anointed the city's next leader after 99 percent of a small committee comprising of 0.02 of the city's population voted in support of him on Sunday. IMAGES
The United States denounces China's approval of sweeping changes to Hong Kong's electoral system, saying Beijing was stifling democracy in the financial capital. The rubber-stamp parliament's move is "a direct attack on Hong Kong's economy, its freedoms and democratic processes," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday delivered her annual policy speech which has been postponed after she was ordered to travel to mainland China for meetings with central government officials in October. The address was delivered at the Legislative Council chamber with no attendance from pro-democracy lawmakers - all of whom have tendered their resignation earlier this month after the ousting of four of their colleagues by pro-Beijing authorities. IMAGES
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