Two years on since Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests – in pictures
What started as a reaction against an extradition bill in the summer of 2019 morphed into months of sometimes violent mass protests in an unprecedented challenge to Beijing’s authority
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An estimated 2 million people turn out in Hong Kong to protest against the extradition bill on 16 June 2019.
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A man faces down riot police during a rally themed Calling One Hundred Thousands Christians Praying for Hong Kong Sinners.
Photograph: Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA
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Police use a water canon on a lone protester near the government headquarters.
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Protesters clash with police in the Tsuen Wan district.
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A protester armed with a slingshot during a rally.
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Police chase down a couple wearing face masks in the central district a day after the city’s leader outlawed face coverings at protests.
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Umbrella-clad demonstrators throng the streets in protest against the government’s ban on face masks in public.
Photograph: Fazry Ismail/EPA
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‘Grandpa Wong’, 85, shields protesters from the police by holding up his walking stick.
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A protester is held down by riot police.
Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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A police officer aims a gun at protesters who surrounded a police station.
Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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Prominent democracy activist Agnes Chow is driven away by police after being arrested.
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Handcuffed pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Ivan Lam after being sentenced for inciting a rally.
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A pro-democracy protester is pinned down by riot police.
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Protesters light up their mobile phones during a rally marking the one-year anniversary of clashes between police and pro-democracy demonstrators.
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Police move on demonstrators on 4 June 2021 – a day marking China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 and two years after the pro-democracy protests.
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A man in an empty Victoria Park on 4 June 2021 after a Tiananmen Square vigil was banned at the site.
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