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Nicole Tung is a freelance photojournalist. She graduated from New York University, double majoring in history and journalism, and freelances for international publications and NGOs, working primarily in the Middle East and Asia. After covering...
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A protester holds an inverted umbrella during scuffles with the police in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, on November 25, 2014, the night before the Mong Kok protest site was cleared by the authorities. Pro-democracy demonstrators blocked major thoroughfares and roads of the city for just over two months, calling for universal suffrage in 2017 with the right to elect the city's own chief executive-- without Beijing's pre-approval of candidates-- a demand that remains rejected by Beijing.
Protestors attempt to cross a barricade during a violent night of scuffles with the police in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, in the early hours of December 1, 2014. Protestors attempted to retake and occupy a major road that had earlier been cleared by the police weeks earlier.
Pro-democracy demonstrators blocked major thoroughfares and roads of the city for just over two months, calling for universal suffrage in 2017 with the right to elect the city's own chief executive-- without Beijing's pre-approval of candidates-- a demand that remains rejected by Beijing.
A protestor is sprayed with pepper spray during a violent night of scuffles with the police in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, in the early hours of December 1, 2014. Protestors attempted to retake and occupy a major road that had earlier been cleared by the police weeks earlier.
Protestors gather near Lung Wo Road, outside government offices, where several of the demonstrators caused a commotion by attempting to occupy another section of the road, which would have completely halted all traffic and disrupted a main artery connecting east and west Hong Kong, October 3, 2014.
Protesters sit and sleep near a large poster with the words 'Democracy' on it in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, on October 5, 2014, a week after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in the heart of the city demanding the right to elect the Chief Executive.
Policemen, gathered in a courtyard of the Legislative Council Offices, are seen through yellow ribbons tied to the gate by pro-democracy protestors on October 6, 2014, in Admiralty, Hong Kong.
A pro-democracy protestor stands amidst a sea of tents on Harcourt Road, a major thoroughfare, over a month in to protests calling for universal suffrage in 2017 with the right to elect the city's own chief executive-- without Beijing's pre-approval of candidates-- a demand that remains rejected by Beijing.
Alleged anti-protestors are surrounded by policemen as they attempt to calm a situation between them and the pro-democracy protestors on the streets of Mong Kok who had earlier been attacked by pro-Beijing mobs. Hong Kong, October 4, 2014.
A protester is accosted by the police after being beaten with a baton following a violent night of scuffles with the police in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, in the early hours of December 1, 2014. Protestors attempted to retake and occupy a major road that had earlier been cleared by the police weeks earlier.
Protesters look back at approaching police, following a violent night of scuffles with them in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, in the early hours of December 1, 2014. Protesters attempted to retake and occupy a major road that had earlier been cleared by the police weeks earlier.
17-year-old activist Joshua Wong, founder of the group Scholarism and credited with starting the campaign of civil disobedience to advocate for universal suffrage in Hong Kong, speaks to protestors during a tense night outside the Chief Executive's office in the early hours of October 3, 2014.
Protestors catch whatever sleep they can get during a violent night of scuffles with the police in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, in the early hours of December 1, 2014. Protestors attempted to retake and occupy a major road that had earlier been cleared by the police weeks earlier.
Protestors camp out in the roads of Admiralty district of Hong Kong, in the early hours of October 5, 2014, with umbrellas and pro-democracy posters written in various languages behind them.
Protesters chant slogans calling for universal suffrage, during a night of confrontation with the police in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, on November 25, 2014.
A tarp and tents are seen in one section of the main protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong, on November 16, 2014. For weeks, protesters remained camped out in the heart of Hong Kong, sleeping in tents and staging peaceful demonstrations, whilst blocking major thoroughfares and roads of the city for just over two months, calling for universal suffrage in 2017 with the right to elect the city's own chief executive-- without Beijing's pre-approval of candidates-- a demand that remains rejected by Beijing.
A protestor sleeps in a makeshift tent in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, on November 25, 2014.
Pro-democracy demonstrators blocked and camped on major thoroughfares and roads of the city for just over two months, calling for universal suffrage in 2017 with the right to elect the city's own chief executive-- without Beijing's pre-approval of candidates-- a demand that remains rejected by Beijing.