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Hong Kong Protest (2019) { 61 images } Created 3 Dec 2019

In Hong Kong, the summer and autumn of 2019 were marked by large and sometimes violent anti-government protests. The following images were made between August 17 and September 8, 2019.
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  • Crowds at a protest march in Whampoa, Hong Kong<br />
(August 17, 2019)
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  • A woman takes a selfie during a protest march in Whampoa, Hong Kong<br />
(August 17, 2019)
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  • Brother an sister at a protest march in Whampoa, Hong Kong<br />
(August 17, 2019)
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  • A young woman protestor, wearing a “Sing hallelujah to the Lord” shirt, stands for a portrait outside a Gucci store, not far from the home of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam. Each Saturday night (in the summer of 2019), Christians gathered to sing hymns and pray outside the Chief Executive’s home. Carrie Lam is Catholic.<br />
(August 17, 2019)
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  • Despite a wet forecast,  hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers — some estimates put the number as high as 1.7 million — made their presence felt at a protest rally centered in Victoria Park. The location was unable to hold the swelling numbers. In this photo, protestors, including a young girl, walk down Hennessy Road.<br />
(August 18, 2019)
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  • Despite a wet forecast,  hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers — some estimates put the number as high as 1.7 million — made their presence felt at a protest rally centered in Victoria Park. The location was unable to hold the swelling numbers. In this photo, protestors walk down Hennessy Road.<br />
(August 18, 2019)
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  • Despite a wet forecast, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers — some estimates put the number as high as 1.7 million — made their presence felt at a protest rally centered in Victoria Park. The location was unable to hold the swelling numbers, with many waiting on streets.<br />
(August 18, 2019)
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  • A protestor outside the Central Government Complex in Admiralty wears a black shirt with the words “God Bless Hong Kong.”<br />
(August 18, 2019)
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  • A Christian pastor, wearing a hard hat and a reflective vest with an ichthus symbol and the word pastor on the back, addresses a crowd of Hong Kong Christians in Chater Garden before they and others take part in a human chain protest on the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way.<br />
(August 23, 2019)
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  • Protestors hold hands to form a human chain in the Central district of Hong Kong, one of several locations in which human chains were formed on this, the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way.<br />
(August 23, 2019)
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  • Protestors hold hands to form a human chain in the Central district of Hong Kong, one of several locations across the city in which human chains were formed on this, the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way.<br />
(August 23, 2019)
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  • Protestors gather in front of a Saint Laurent store in Hong Kong’s Central district, part of a gathering of thousands to form a human chain on the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way (a human chain that stretched across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania).<br />
(August 23, 2019)
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  • On a night when thousands of Hong Kongers gathered to form a human chain in various parts of the city, a counter-protestor stands at an intersection waving Chinese flags. He would later to be taken away by police to deescalate the situation as protestors taunted and confronted him. <br />
(August 23, 2019)
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  • Protestors hold hands to form a human chain in the Central district of Hong Kong, one of several locations across the city in which human chains were formed on this, the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way.<br />
(August 23, 2019)
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  • On a night when thousands of Hong Kongers gathered to form a human chain in various parts of the city, a counter-protestor stood at an intersection waving Chinese flags, prompting taunts and confrontation that eventually led to the police detaining the man.<br />
(August 23, 2019)
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  • Protestor wearing a full face respirator mask stands on Nathan Road in Kowloon, Hong Kong.<br />
(August 25, 2019)
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  • Demonstrators dressed in black walk past a restaurant on a rainy night in Kowloon, Hong Kong. A minute earlier, another passing demonstrator used his finger to write “Free HK” in the condensation on the restaurant window.(August 25, 2019)
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  • After protestors blocked traffic and damaged toll booths at the entrance to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, riot police detained two suspects for questioning inside Hung Hom Station. They were released several minutes later.<br />
(August 25, 2019)
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  • Rachel, age 21, shows a tattoo she had done several weeks earlier depicting a woman wearing a respirator mask in an environment of tear gas. She had the tattoo made after herself experiencing tear gas during a protest.<br />
(August 26, 2019)
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  • Thousands of people gather at Chater Garden in Kong Kong’s Central district, part of a #MeToo rally to demand Hong Kong police answer accusations of sexual violence against protesters. (August 28, 2019)
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  • A man points a laser at the side of a building during a protest at Chater Garden in Kong Kong’s Central district. Thousands were gathered for a #MeToo rally to demand Hong Kong police answer accusations of sexual violence against protesters.<br />
(August 28, 2019)
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  • The phone of a protestor at Chater Garden in Kong Kong’s Central district reads: “You don’t need tear gas to make us cry.” He was one of thousands gathered at a #MeToo rally to demand Hong Kong police answer accusations of sexual violence against protesters.<br />
(August 28, 2019)
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  • Protestors at Chater Garden in Kong Kong’s Central district hold the lipstick with which they have written messages on their and other people’s arms. They are among the tousands who gathered at a #MeToo rally to demand Hong Kong police answer accusations of sexual violence against protesters.<br />
(August 28, 2019)
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  • A protestor at Chater Garden in Kong Kong’s Central district was one of thousands gathered at a #MeToo rally to demand Hong Kong police answer accusations of sexual violence against protesters.<br />
(August 28, 2019)
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  • At the end of a protest at Chater Garden in Kong Kong’s Central district, where thousands gathered for a #MeToo rally to demand Hong Kong police answer accusations of sexual violence against protesters, a woman uses fingernail polish to add her message to a bus stop billboard. Many other protest-related messages had already been left by others. <br />
(August 28, 2019)
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  • As demonstrators march from Chater Garden toward the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong, a man dressed as Moses stands on the street holding The Five Commandments — i.e., the five demands protestors are making of the Hong Kong government. <br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • Police stand in heavy rain on a street outside the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong during a protest march<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • Police stand in heavy rain on a street outside the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong during a protest march<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • Police stand in heavy rain on a street outside the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong during a protest march<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • A Hong Konger and member of the Methodist church holds up a cross while participating in a protest march in the Central district of Hong Kong.  When asked why he was here, he said, “We love because God first loves us. We cannot allow the government to take advantage of the weak. Christians are to embody love and justice, to point the way to how God intends things to be.”<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • During a protest march in Hong Kong’s Central district, a protestor uses a stencil to quickly spray paint an umbrella shape and the word “RESIST”.<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • “Fuck China” is spray painted on a Bank of China branch in Hong Kong’s Central District.<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • Sticky note messages supporting the protest movement are attached to a makeshift “prayer wall” in the Admirality area of Hong Kong Island. (August 31, 2019)
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  • A police officer returning to his vehicle replies to the taunt of a bystander in Causeway Bay.<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • Hong Kong riot police stand on a street in Causeway Bay, a billboard for the iPhone on the wall behind them.<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • Hong Kong riot police stand adjacent to anti-police graffiti on a street in Causeway Bay.<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • On a night of violent clashes around Causeway Bay and elsewhere in Hong Kong, a woman sets a change of clothes atop a vandalized ticket vending machine inside the Causeway Bay MTR station. The clothes are intended for protestors who may have been hit by blue dye fired from a police water cannon.<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • A geared-up protestor, on a night of violent clashes around Causeway Bay and elsewhere in Hong Kong, gives an interview inside the Causeway Bay MTR station.<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • A geared-up protestor, on a night of violent clashes around Causeway Bay and elsewhere in Hong Kong, stands next to fresh graffiti inside the Causeway Bay MTR station.<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • A high school student attends a student protest near Connaught Garden in Hong Kong’s Central district. She holds a Winnie the Pooh encased phone.<br />
(September 2, 2019)
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  • A high school student attends a student protest near Connaught Garden in Hong Kong’s Central district.<br />
(September 2, 2019)
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  • A high school student attends a student protest near Connaught Garden in Hong Kong’s Central district.<br />
(September 2, 2019)
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  • High school students attends a student protest near Connaught Garden in Hong Kong’s Central district.<br />
(September 2, 2019)
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  • High school students attends a student protest near Connaught Garden in Hong Kong’s Central district. One girl holds a placard, the  English portion of which reads, “Liberate Hong Kong The Revolution of our Time.”<br />
(September 2, 2019)
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  • High school students attends a student protest near Connaught Garden in Hong Kong’s Central district.<br />
(September 2, 2019)
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  • High school students attends a student protest near Connaught Garden in Hong Kong’s Central district.<br />
(September 2, 2019)
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  • A high school student attends a student protest near Connaught Garden in Hong Kong’s Central district. She holds a Winnie the Pooh encased phone.<br />
(September 2, 2019)
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  • A family takes part in a protest in the Central district of Hong directed. The protest was organized to encourage the United States to support the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which would require the U.S. government to assess Hong Kong's level of political autonomy to determine whether it should continue to have a special trade status under the U.S.-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992.<br />
(Septmeber 8, 2019)
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  • A mother and daughter take part in a protest in the Central district of Hong directed toward encouraging the United States to support the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which would require the U.S. government to assess Hong Kong's level of political autonomy to determine whether it should continue to have a special trade status under the U.S.-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992.<br />
(September 8, 2019)
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  • A large crowd of demonstrators march from Chater Garden toward the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong. The protest this day was directed toward encouraging the United States to support the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which would require the U.S. government to assess Hong Kong's level of political autonomy to determine whether it should continue to have a special trade status under the U.S.-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992.<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • A large crowd of demonstrators march from Chater Garden toward the U.S. consulate in Hong Kong. The protest this day was directed toward encouraging the United States to support the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which would require the U.S. government to assess Hong Kong's level of political autonomy to determine whether it should continue to have a special trade status under the U.S.-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992.<br />
(August 31, 2019)
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  • Police face off with a crowd of protestors (not shown) inside the Central MTR station in Hong Kong. Within the hour, one entrance to the station would be set on fire by protestors.<br />
(September 8, 2019)
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  • Front-line protestors gather on a street in the Central distict of Hong Kong.<br />
(September 8, 2019)
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  • Front-line protestors gather on a street in the Central distict of Hong Kong.<br />
(September 8, 2019)
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  • Demonstrators walk with an American flag in the Central distict of Hong Kong.<br />
(September 8, 2019)
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  • Journalists record a blaze set by protestors at the entrance to Central station in Hong Kong. (September 8, 2019)
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  • A fireman extinguishes a blaze at the entrance to Central station in Hong Kong as a large group of journalists, mostly photojournalists, document the scene.<br />
(September 8, 2019)
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  • Hong Kong police rush onto a street shortly after an MTR station entrance was set on fire in the Central District of Hong Kong<br />
(September 8, 2019)
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  • Hong Kong police march down a street ouside a Cartier store shortly after protestors set fire to an MTR station entrance in the Central District of Hong Kong.<br />
(September 8, 2019)
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  • Hong Kong police stand on a street ouside a Cartier store shortly after protestors set fire to an MTR station entrance in the Central District of Hong Kong.<br />
(September 8, 2019)
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  • A street sweeper cleans a street in the Central District of Hong Kong about an hour after protestors, some of them breaking windows and setting fire to the entrance of an MTR station, cleared the area. A sticker left behind reads, “President Trump, please liberate Hong Kong.”<br />
(September 8, 2019)
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