1/9Riot police advance on a pro-democracy protest encampment in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong early, Oct. 19, 2014.
Hong Kong riot police battled with thousands of pro-democracy protesters for control of the city's streets late Saturday and early Sunday, using pepper spray and batons to hold back defiant activists who returned to a protest zone that officers had partially cleared. The clashes are leading to a deepening sense of impasse between a government with limited options and a pro-democracy movement increasingly willing to confront police. The worst political crisis in Hong Kong since Britain handed the city back to China in 1997 entered its fourth week with no sign of a resolution despite talks scheduled for two hours on Tuesday between the government and student protest leaders.
2/9Riot police officers try to stop protesters from moving forward on a pro-democracy protest encampment in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong early, Oct. 19, 2014.
Hong Kong riot police battled with thousands of pro-democracy protesters for control of the city's streets late Saturday and early Sunday, using pepper spray and batons to hold back defiant activists who returned to a protest zone that officers had partially cleared. The clashes are leading to a deepening sense of impasse between a government with limited options and a pro-democracy movement increasingly willing to confront police. The worst political crisis in Hong Kong since Britain handed the city back to China in 1997 entered its fourth week with no sign of a resolution despite talks scheduled for two hours on Tuesday between the government and student protest leaders.
3/9Riot police stand guard against protesters at a pro-democracy protest encampment in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong early Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014.
Hong Kong riot police battled with thousands of pro-democracy protesters for control of the city's streets late Saturday and early Sunday, using pepper spray and batons to hold back defiant activists who returned to a protest zone that officers had partially cleared. The clashes are leading to a deepening sense of impasse between a government with limited options and a pro-democracy movement increasingly willing to confront police. The worst political crisis in Hong Kong since Britain handed the city back to China in 1997 entered its fourth week with no sign of a resolution despite talks scheduled for two hours on Tuesday between the government and student protest leaders.
4/9Protesters guard makeshift barricades at a pro-democracy protest encampment in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong early, Oct. 19, 2014.
Hong Kong riot police battled with thousands of pro-democracy protesters for control of the city's streets late Saturday and early Sunday, using pepper spray and batons to hold back defiant activists who returned to a protest zone that officers had partially cleared. The clashes are leading to a deepening sense of impasse between a government with limited options and a pro-democracy movement increasingly willing to confront police. The worst political crisis in Hong Kong since Britain handed the city back to China in 1997 entered its fourth week with no sign of a resolution despite talks scheduled for two hours on Tuesday between the government and student protest leaders.
5/9Police officers are reflected on reflective materials held by a pro-democracy protesters on a blocked road at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong, Oct. 19, 2014.
Hong Kong riot police battled with thousands of pro-democracy protesters for control of the city's streets late Saturday and early Sunday, using pepper spray and batons to hold back defiant activists who returned to a protest zone that officers had partially cleared. The clashes are leading to a deepening sense of impasse between a government with limited options and a pro-democracy movement increasingly willing to confront police. The worst political crisis in Hong Kong since Britain handed the city back to China in 1997 entered its fourth week with no sign of a resolution despite talks scheduled for two hours on Tuesday between the government and student protest leaders.
6/9Riot police officers advance on a pro-democracy protest encampment in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, Oct. 19, 2014.
Hong Kong riot police battled with thousands of pro-democracy protesters for control of the city's streets late Saturday and early Sunday, using pepper spray and batons to hold back defiant activists who returned to a protest zone that officers had partially cleared. The clashes are leading to a deepening sense of impasse between a government with limited options and a pro-democracy movement increasingly willing to confront police. The worst political crisis in Hong Kong since Britain handed the city back to China in 1997 entered its fourth week with no sign of a resolution despite talks scheduled for two hours on Tuesday between the government and student protest leaders.
7/9Riot police stand guard next to broken umbrellas used by protesters to protect themselves at a pro-democracy protest encampment in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, Oct. 19, 2014.
Hong Kong riot police battled with thousands of pro-democracy protesters for control of the city's streets late Saturday and early Sunday, using pepper spray and batons to hold back defiant activists who returned to a protest zone that officers had partially cleared. The clashes are leading to a deepening sense of impasse between a government with limited options and a pro-democracy movement increasingly willing to confront police. The worst political crisis in Hong Kong since Britain handed the city back to China in 1997 entered its fourth week with no sign of a resolution despite talks scheduled for two hours on Tuesday between the government and student protest leaders.
8/9Policemen stand by a barricade as pro-democracy protesters continue blocking an area at the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong, Oct. 19, 2014.
Hong Kong riot police battled with thousands of pro-democracy protesters for control of the city's streets late Saturday and early Sunday, using pepper spray and batons to hold back defiant activists who returned to a protest zone that officers had partially cleared. The clashes are leading to a deepening sense of impasse between a government with limited options and a pro-democracy movement increasingly willing to confront police. The worst political crisis in Hong Kong since Britain handed the city back to China in 1997 entered its fourth week with no sign of a resolution despite talks scheduled for two hours on Tuesday between the government and student protest leaders.
9/9A pro-democracy protester is struck by a baton as riot police move on an occupied section of a roadway in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong, Oct. 18, 2014.
Hong Kong riot police battled with thousands of pro-democracy protesters for control of the city's streets late Saturday and early Sunday, using pepper spray and batons to hold back defiant activists who returned to a protest zone that officers had partially cleared. The clashes are leading to a deepening sense of impasse between a government with limited options and a pro-democracy movement increasingly willing to confront police. The worst political crisis in Hong Kong since Britain handed the city back to China in 1997 entered its fourth week with no sign of a resolution despite talks scheduled for two hours on Tuesday between the government and student protest leaders.
