• Top, Alex Chow (centre left), secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, at an Occupy Central protest site outside government headquarters in Hong Kong on November 21, 2014, and bottom, Chow in the same location on September 24, 2015. Looking back at the movement Chow said: "I think this is the glory of the people of Hong Kong. Have you ever seen Hong Kong people coming out to block streets and saying they need change? At that moment, you saw a totally different aspect of Hong Kong people." Reuters
    Top, Alex Chow (centre left), secretary-general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, at an Occupy Central protest site outside government headquarters in Hong Kong on November 21, 2014, and bottom, Chow in the same location on September 24, 2015. Looking back at the movement Chow said: "I think this is the glory of the people of Hong Kong. Have you ever seen Hong Kong people coming out to block streets and saying they need change? At that moment, you saw a totally different aspect of Hong Kong people." Reuters
  • Top, tents set up by pro-democracy protesters in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong on December 13, 2014, and bottom, the same location on September 16, 2015. Reuters
    Top, tents set up by pro-democracy protesters in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong on December 13, 2014, and bottom, the same location on September 16, 2015. Reuters
  • Top, Nathan Road occupied by pro-democracy protesters in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on November 12, 2014, and bottom, the same location on September 16, 2015. Reuters
    Top, Nathan Road occupied by pro-democracy protesters in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on November 12, 2014, and bottom, the same location on September 16, 2015. Reuters
  • Top, pro-democracy protesters sit on a street as they block an area of the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on October 20, 2014, and bottom, the same location on September 16, 2015. Reuters
    Top, pro-democracy protesters sit on a street as they block an area of the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on October 20, 2014, and bottom, the same location on September 16, 2015. Reuters
  • Top, protesters open their umbrellas, symbols of the pro-democracy movement, as they mark exactly one month since they took to the streets in Hong Kong's financial central district on October 28, 2014, and bottom, the same location on September 16, 2015. Reuters
    Top, protesters open their umbrellas, symbols of the pro-democracy movement, as they mark exactly one month since they took to the streets in Hong Kong's financial central district on October 28, 2014, and bottom, the same location on September 16, 2015. Reuters
  • Top, helmets prepared by Occupy Central protesters outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on October 20, 2014. Bottom, helmets collected from the protest sites on September 23, 2015. Reuters
    Top, helmets prepared by Occupy Central protesters outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on October 20, 2014. Bottom, helmets collected from the protest sites on September 23, 2015. Reuters
  • Top, a student does his homework in a tent with a sign that reads, "persist on" in the background in the financial Central district in Hong Kong on October 25, 2014, and bottom, the same sign on September 23, 2015. Reuters
    Top, a student does his homework in a tent with a sign that reads, "persist on" in the background in the financial Central district in Hong Kong on October 25, 2014, and bottom, the same sign on September 23, 2015. Reuters
  • Top, "Uncle" Wong, 90, attends a rally to demand greater democracy in Hong Kong on September 24, 2014, and bottom, Mr Wong at the same location on September 23, 2015. He said: "I have taken part in pro-democracy protests since the 1980s. If I'm too old to walk and attend the next major one, I hope someone would carry me there." Reuters
    Top, "Uncle" Wong, 90, attends a rally to demand greater democracy in Hong Kong on September 24, 2014, and bottom, Mr Wong at the same location on September 23, 2015. He said: "I have taken part in pro-democracy protests since the 1980s. If I'm too old to walk and attend the next major one, I hope someone would carry me there." Reuters
  • Top, student Prince Wong (left) on a hunger strike outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on December 3, 2014, and bottom, posing for a photo in Hong Kong on September 24, 2015. Wong said: "The elderly often say that my generation will be the ones to live long enough to see a democratic Hong Kong. But I am not so naive to fully believe that it will happen in our time either." Reuters
    Top, student Prince Wong (left) on a hunger strike outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on December 3, 2014, and bottom, posing for a photo in Hong Kong on September 24, 2015. Wong said: "The elderly often say that my generation will be the ones to live long enough to see a democratic Hong Kong. But I am not so naive to fully believe that it will happen in our time either." Reuters
  • Top, Andy Yung, 30, a lifeguard, at Nathan Road in Mongkok shopping district on October 7, 2014, and bottom, at the same location on September 17, 2015. Mr Yung said: "I think the Occupy movement is a once in a 100-year-event in Hong Kong. Although my family was against my participation in this movement, I will not give up any opportunity to fight for democracy." Reuters
    Top, Andy Yung, 30, a lifeguard, at Nathan Road in Mongkok shopping district on October 7, 2014, and bottom, at the same location on September 17, 2015. Mr Yung said: "I think the Occupy movement is a once in a 100-year-event in Hong Kong. Although my family was against my participation in this movement, I will not give up any opportunity to fight for democracy." Reuters

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Hong Kong democracy protests revisited a year on – in pictures

RJ Mickelson

September 29, 2015

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A year after Hong Kong riot police fired tear gas at pro-democracy protesters in scenes that made headline news around the world, Reuters photographer Tyrone Siu revisited the scenes of the demonstrations.

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