Pro-democracy protesters remained in a tense stalemate with the Hong Kong government late on Sunday after authorities warned they were determined to get the Asian financial hub back to work after more than a week of unrest.
ພາບຫລ້າສຸດ ຈາກຮົງກົງ - ວັນຈັນ ທີ 6 ຕຸລາ 2014
![Government employees arrive to work as they walk along an area occupied by protesters outside of the government headquarters building in Hong Kong, Oct. 6, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8add1bd7-7393-4850-9a48-330587b2f4a8_cx0_cy4_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Government employees arrive to work as they walk along an area occupied by protesters outside of the government headquarters building in Hong Kong, Oct. 6, 2014.
![Worshipers gather around candles stuck to jars with honey, arranged in the form of a cross, during a Mass in the church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5eb6d737-e6cb-46fd-b001-cba64c359dd1_cx0_cy1_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Worshipers gather around candles stuck to jars with honey, arranged in the form of a cross, during a Mass in the church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.
![An Occupy Central movement protester stands guard on a main road at the Mong Kok shopping district in Hong Kong, Oct. 6, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4a7a0296-3722-4c09-a4d6-c3dbb81b939c_cx0_cy9_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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An Occupy Central movement protester stands guard on a main road at the Mong Kok shopping district in Hong Kong, Oct. 6, 2014.
![Pro-democracy student protesters sit on a roadside in the occupied areas surrounding the government complex in Hong Kong, Oct. 6, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f8d5df67-6047-43a0-8bd0-d2d468028b0f_cx0_cy7_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Pro-democracy student protesters sit on a roadside in the occupied areas surrounding the government complex in Hong Kong, Oct. 6, 2014.