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HONG KONG LION ROCK HUMAN CHAIN

September 14, 2019
By Sunny Mok/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Hong Kong people climbing the iconic Lion Rock to form human chains and shine the mountain with torches, mobile phones flash and laser pen beam on Mid-Autumn Festival on Friday Sep 13, 2019. The giant banner reads: Truth universal suffrage now. Throughout the evening thousands of activists with torches on their heads hiked their way up hill trails leading to the top of Lion Rock which overlooks the sprawling skyscrapers of the city’s Kowloon district, one of the most densely populated places on earth. Hong Kong has been battered by nearly 100 days of protests, sparked by a now-abandoned plan to allow extraditions to the mainland. (Sunny Mok/EYEPRESS)

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HONG KONG NEW SONG FOR DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT

September 12, 2019
By Susan Chan/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - A large crowd in the Maritime Square in Hong Kong, on Sept 12, 2019 sing Glory To Hong Kong together. The song Glory to Hong Kong was composed by a local musician who took two months to write it, the Stand News reported. It was uploaded to LIHKG, a local-Reddit-like forum, for more input and improvements to the music and lyrics. The song is described as a Hong Kong song, with some even calling it a national anthem. Listeners said the song reflected what Hong Kong people have been going through since June, when the anti-extradition bill saga started. (Susan Chan/EYEPRESS)

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HONG KONG CHAOS

September 8, 2019
By Sunny Mok/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Clash between riot police and anti-government protesters in Hong Kong protesters on Sunday Sept 8, 2019 following a peaceful demonstration calling on U.S. President Donald Trump and Washington to pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act in support of their city democratic development and human rights. (Sunny Mok/EYEPRESS)

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HONG KONG PROTEST

September 7, 2019
By James Lee/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - A baby girl looks at riot police standing guard in Tung Chung, a town near the airport, in Hong Kong on Saturday Sept 7, 2019 in anticiption of massive flood of protesters to the airport in support of the demands of anti-government protesters. (James Lee/EYEPRESS)

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AIRPORT PROTEST

September 1, 2019
By Sunny Mok/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Riot police clear the highway barrticaded by protesters to gridlock transport to and from Hong Kong International Airport on Sunday Sept 1, 2019. It was the 13th consecutive weekend of protests in Hong Kong, concluding days of escalation in which a number of activist leaders and lawmakers were arrested, and speculation heightened about China's strategy toward the city's pro-democracy movement. (Sunny Mok/EYEPRESS)

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HONG KONG STREET BATTLE

August 31, 2019
By Deacon Lui/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Rampaging protesters reduced Hong Kong's streets to charred battlefields on Saturday Aug 31, 2019, setting off multiple fires and hurling petrol bombs at riot police who fought back by firing rounds of blue dye from water cannons and tear gas, as the city marked yet another weekend of heightened violence. Police confirmed that two live shots were fired at the Victoria Park in Causeway Bay and deployed undercover officers mingling with the demonstrators. (Deacon Lui/EYEPRESS)

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OVER ONE MILLION PROTEST IN HONG KONG

August 19, 2019
By Sunny Mok/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - 1.7 Million people take part in a demonstration in downtown Hong Kong packing streets from downtown Causeway Bay to financial district of Central on Sunday Aug 18, 2019 to keep pressing their demands over the government-sponsored China Extradition Bill and probe over the police abuse of power in crackdown on protesters in the past eleven weeks of unrest sparked by the now-suspended proposed legislation. It is a huge turnout despite warning of deployment of Chinese troops to crackdown the unrest. Over 700 protesters had been arrested since June. (Sunny Mok/EYEPRESS)

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WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN GWANGJU

July 17, 2019
By Alan Siu/EyePress



Gwangju, South Korea - Player practice their routine in the artistic swimming highlight team technical at the 18th world swimming championships in Gwangju, South Korea, on July 16, 2019.

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NO CHINA EXTRADITION CLASH

July 15, 2019
By James Ma/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Anti-riot police officers advance their way to disperse protesters after a march in Shatin, eastern Hong Kong, on Sunday July 14, 2019 demanding the total recall of the government sponsored China Extradition Bill.

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G20 SUMMIT LEADERS ARRIVAL

June 27, 2019
By HO/EyePress



Osaka, Japan - U.S President Donald Trump arrives in Osaka, Japan, for the G20 Summit on June 27, 2019.

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PROTEST IN TOKYO AS TRUMP VISITS JAPAN

May 27, 2019
By Rodrigo Reyes Marin/EYEPRESS



Tokyo, Japan - Protesters holding placards against the US President Donald Trump's visit to Japan during a rally in Shinjuku on May 26, 2019, Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Police prevented a clash between a small group of right-wing people and protesters against US President Donald Trump's visit to Japan and the country's new Emperor Naruhito. Trump is currently on an official four-day state visit to Japan. He is the first foreign leader to visit the country after the coronation of Emperor Naruhito.

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THAI CROWNED NEW KING

May 4, 2019
By Alan Siu/EyePress



Bangkok, Thailand - Three-day coronation swathed in centuries-old Buddhist and Brahmin traditions begins on Saturday May 4, 2019 as Thailand's new King, Maha Vajiralongkorn, who succeeded his late father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, in December 2016, formally be crowned Rama X. Royalist Thais have in recent weeks been wearing yellow, the colour associated in astrology with Monday, the day on which both the king and his late father were born. (EYEPRESS/Alan Siu)

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REIWA NEW ERA BEGINS IN JAPAN

May 2, 2019
By Rodrigo Reyes Marin/EyePress



Tokyo, Japan - People take pictures of Japan's new imperial era name Reiwa in downtown Tokyo on May 1, 2019, Japan. Japan's new emperor Naruhito formally ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne, today May 1st, a day after his father Akihito abdicated. Naruhito became the 126th emperor of Japan starting the new imperial era of Reiwa, meaning beautiful harmony.

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COUNTER TERRORISM DRILL

March 25, 2019
By Sunny Mok/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Counter terrorism drill in Hong Kong on March 25, 2019. (Sunny Mok/EyePress)

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KIM JONG UN ARRIVES IN HANOI

February 26, 2019
By Alan Siu/EyePress



Hanoi, Vietnam - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's armored limousine, surrounded by his phalanx of burly bodyguards, rolled into Vietnam's capital Hanoi Tuesday Feb 26, 2019 ahead of a summit with U.S President Donald Trump. (Alan Siu/EyePress)

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ASIAN LE MANS SERIES FINALE

February 25, 2019
By F.L Wong/EyePress



Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Inter Europol Competition team of Poland competes during the Asian Le Mans Series Finale at Sepang F1 International Circuit in Selangor outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on February 24, 2019. (EyePress Newswire/FL Wong)

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INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI

October 4, 2018
By Jafar G Bua/EyePress



Palu, Indonesia - Earthquake and tsunami wage the city of Palu, Indonesia's Central Sulawesi, on Friday, September 28, 2018. Food and supplies are trickling into Indonesia as the official death toll from last week's earthquake and tsunami has now topped 1,400 people. In Palu, the situation is increasingly desperate, but 17 countries including the U.S. have promised to send aid. The city of more than 350,000 people has no running water or electricity. Food and water is scarce, as are the tools to recover the dead. (Jafar Bua/EP Image)

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MALAYSIA INDEPENDENCE DAY

August 31, 2018
By F.L Wong/EyePress



Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Malaysian soldiers march during the 61st Malaysia Independence Day celebrations in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 31, 2018. Hari Merdeka (Independence Day) is a national day of Malaysia to commemorate the independence of the Federation of Malaya from the British colonial rule on August 31, 1957 and is celebrated on August 31 each year. (EyePress Newswire/FL Wong)

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DAYA BAY NUCLAR INCIDENTS EXERCISE

December 20, 2017
By Alan Siu/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Health workers with radiation protective suit stand by at a pier as evacuees arrive for radiation monitoring during a Codenamed Checkerboard II, the Daya Bay Contingency Plan (DBCP) exercise in Hong Kong on Dec 20 2017. The drill which tested the response capabilities of the Government in dealing with serious nuclear incidents continued this afternoon. The starting scenario of the exercise this morning simulated fault events at the Guangdong Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station (GNPS), which led to an off-site emergency situation involving a release of radioactive materials. Relevant government bureaux and departments co-ordinated various measures to respond to the incident. (Alan Siu/EyePress)

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HUNT OF TERRORIST GROUP IN INDONESIA

March 26, 2016
By Jafar G Bua/EyePress



Palu, Indonesia - Unit of Mobile Brigade, an elite forces belonging to the Indonesian National Police, take part in the hunt for terrorists group, Easteren Indonesian Mujaheddin, led by Santoso in Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on March 25, 2016. Not less than 2000 personnel of the Armed Forces of Indonesia and the Indonesian National Police of all units joined in Operation Tinombala 2016 to hunt the terrorist leader, Santoso and his group. Operation Tinombala 2016, 2nd will be over the next two months. (Jafar G Bua/EyePress)