hong kong protestors
Photograph: Bing Guan01A protestor lobs a Molotov cocktail toward riot police holding a position inside the Central Government Complex on Harcourt Road on September 15, 2019.
Photograph: Bing Guan02In the shopping district of Causeway Bay, a protester uses a laser pointer to harass a cordon of riot police from a distance. November 2, 2019.
Bing Guan03Protestors build fortifications at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Photograph: Bing Guan04Archers watch as the atrium of PolyU is set ablaze in response to a police incursion onto campus during the early hours of November 18, 2019.
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