Hong Kong’s work week started with multiple protests that disrupted traffic, schools closed because of safety concerns and at least a temporary lull in the battles for control of the Polytechnic campus.
Police in riot gear move through a cloud of smoke as they detain a protester at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Protesters run for cover after riot police fired tear gas toward the footbridge they were climbing down to escape from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus. A pro-democracy protester uses binoculars during a march toward Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. Protesters react as police fire tear gas in Hong Kong. As night fell Monday, police tightened a siege at the school where hundreds of anti-government protesters were trapped. Protesters use a rope to lower themselves from the pedestrian bridge to waiting motorbikes at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
A bystander affected by tear has his eyes rinsed amid clashes between police and pro-democracy protesters in the Jordan district of Hong Kong. Police fire tear gas toward anti-government protesters trapped inside a Hong Kong campus. A riot police officer stomps on an umbrella used by pro-democracy protesters.
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