Gallery: Photos: The Quiet Defiance of Hong Kong's Slumbering Protestors

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    Pro-democracy protesters sleep on a street outside the Hong Kong Government Complex on October 5, 2014.
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    Pro-democracy protesters sleep on the street outside Hong Kong's Government complex on October 6, 2014.
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    A pro-democracy protester sleeps on the street outside Hong Kong's Government complex on October 5, 2014.
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    A pro-democracy activists sleeps on a roadside divider outside Hong Kong's Government complex on October 9, 2014.
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    Pro-democracy protesters sleep on the street outside Hong Kong's Government complex on October 10, 2014.
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    A pro-democracy protester sleeps on the street outside Hong Kong's Government complex on October 10, 2014.
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    A pro-democracy protester sleeps at a road block outside Hong Kong's Government complex on October 8, 2014.
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    A pro-democracy protester sleeps on a concrete road divider outside the Hong Kong Government Complex on October 5, 2014.
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    Pro-democracy protesters sleep on the street outside Hong Kong's Government complex on October 10, 2014.
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    Pro-democracy protesters sleep on the street outside Hong Kong's Government complex on October 10, 2014.
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    A pro-democracy protester sleeps on the street outside Hong Kong's Government complex on October 10, 2014.
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    A pro-democracy protester sleeps near Hong Kong's Government complex on October 10, 2014.
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    A pro-democracy protester sleeps on the street outside Hong Kong's Government complex on October 6, 2014.
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