Photos: Hong Kong Protesters Return to the Streets

Alan Taylor
June 17, 2019
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Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong citizens filled the city’s streets for a second weekend of protest against a controversial extradition bill that would allow authorities to send suspected criminals to China. The demonstration took place despite an earlier statement from Chief Executive Carrie Lam indicating that the proposed bill would be suspended indefinitely. Marchers were calling for Hong Kong’s leadership to step down and for a full withdrawal of the extradition bill. Organizers claim that more than 2 million people took part in the march in Hong Kong on Sunday. For more on this latest round of marches by Hong Kong’s protest movement, read “Why These Hong Kong Protests Are Different” by Timothy McLaughlin.

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A protester clenches his fist as hundreds of thousands of people march on the streets to stage a protest against the unpopular extradition bill in Hong Kong on June 16, 2019. #

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People pay their respects at the site where a man fell from a scaffolding at the Pacific Place complex while protesting against a proposed extradition bill, in Hong Kong, on June 16, 2019. #

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A man takes a selfie with a protest poster before sticking it to the wall of a walkway near the Legislative Council ahead of a speech by Chief Executive Carrie Lam on June 14, 2019. #

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Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, holds a press conference in Hong Kong on June 15, 2019. Lam said she will suspend a proposed extradition bill indefinitely in response to widespread public unhappiness over the measure, which would enable authorities to send some suspects to stand trial in mainland courts. #

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This general view shows thousands of protesters gathered ahead of the start of a new rally against a controversial extradition-law proposal in Hong Kong on June 16, 2019. #

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Protesters in a subway station, photographed on their way to the rally in Hong Kong on June 16, 2019 #

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Protesters hold placards as they attend a demonstration demanding that Hong Kong's leaders step down and withdraw the extradition bill, on June 16, 2019. #

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A large banner protesting against the extradition bill that reads “Fight for HK,” hung by pro-democracy protesters above Hong Kong on June 16, 2019 #

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Protesters march on the streets against an extradition bill in Hong Kong on June 16, 2019. #

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Protesters hold placards as they prepare to demonstrate against the now suspended extradition bill on June 16, 2019. #

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A woman takes pictures from a rooftop as protesters march on a street below on June 16, 2019. #

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An overhead view shows thousands of protesters marching through the street in Hong Kong on June 16, 2019. #

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Marchers continue to protest an extradition bill on June 16, 2019. #

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Protesters march through the streets of Hong Kong on June 16, 2019. #

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Protesters hold banners and shout slogans as they fill the streets of Hong Kong on June 16, 2019. #

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Protesters dressed in black take part in a new rally against a controversial extradition-law proposal in Hong Kong on June 16, 2019. #

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Protesters march in Hong Kong on June 16, 2019. #

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Demonstrators gather along a police barricade on June 16, 2019. #

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A protester with a mask gathers with others near the Legislative Council as they continue protesting against the unpopular extradition bill in Hong Kong early on June 17, 2019. #

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A protester holds a flag of Hong Kong between police and demonstrators outside the Office of the Chief Executive in Hong Kong on June 16, 2019. #

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Mourners hold candles during a vigil for a protester who died the previous night during a rally in Hong Kong, on June 17, 2019. #

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Protesters gather along a road after taking part in a march and rally on June 16, 2019. #

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A helmet and messages of support for the protest against a proposed extradition bill are seen displayed in the early morning in Hong Kong on June 17, 2019. #

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Barricades, placed in an underground tunnel by protesters, photographed after a demonstration against the now suspended extradition bill on June 17, 2019 #

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