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HONG KONG UNREST

October 13, 2019
By Susan Chan/EyePress



Tai Po, Hong Kong - Black-clad and masked protesters stand off with riot police outside a shopping mall in Tai Po, Hong Kong, on Oct 13, 2019. Protesters continue to take to streets building barricades and vandalising shops affiliated with Beijing despite the imposition of anti-mask law to quell four months long unrest. (Susan Chan/EYEPRESS)

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HONG KONG PROTESTERS DEFY MASK BAN

October 6, 2019
By James Lee/EyePress



Mong Kok, Hong Kong - Protesters defy the newly introduced mask ban law to take to the street with masks in Mongkok, Hong Kong, on Saturday Oct 5, 2019. The enbattled pro-Beijing government led by Chief Executive Carrie Lam yesterday introduced the colonial-era law to ban wearing of masks in an attempt to quell the nearly four months long unrest in the city rocked by a now withdrawn extradition bill. (James Lee/EYEPRESS)

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HONG KONG NATIONAL DAY CHAOS - HK ISLAND

October 2, 2019
By Sunny Mok/EyePress



Central, Hong Kong - Riot police disperse and arrest anti-government protesters during a street battle with in Central, Hong Kong, on national day Oct 1, 2019 to counter the official celebration of China national day with multi-locations protests in the city engulfed in unrest since June when the now withdrawn extradition bill was introduced. Over 1,500 people, mostly young peoplem had been arrested. (Sunny Mok/EYEPRESS)

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HONG KONG PROTEST BATTLE

September 29, 2019
By Deacon Lui/EyePress



Hong Kong, Hong Kong - An anti-government protester is arrested by riot police in a street battle with riot police in Hong Kong on Sep 29, 2019, two days ahead of China national day as the street unrest continues for four months to press for the protesters five demands - now only one had been met - withdrawal of the extradition bill. Nearly 1,600 people had been arrested so far. (Deacon Lui/EYEPRESS)

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HONG KONG LEADER CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE

September 26, 2019
By James Lee/EyePress



Wanchai, Hong Kong - The embattled Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam gestures as she listens at the first Conversation with People at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong on Sep 26, 2019. (James Lee/EYEPRESS)

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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 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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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)