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Hong Kong police cordon off the city's main Victoria Park, ordering those playing sports to leave, as China's Communist Party celebrated its centenary which coincides with the 24th anniversary of Hong Kong's 1997 handover to China by colonial Britain. The force said they had seen online calls for people to attend "banned rallies", so they were closing the grounds. IMAGES
Images of Victoria park in central Hong Kong, which is empty for the first time in 32 years on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown IMAGES
Hong Kong democracy activists are hoping to get out a huge crowd in a bid to show the city's leaders that their protest movement remains defiant despite increasingly stark warnings from Beijing. IMAGES
Formula E held its 50th E-Prix in Hong Kong on Sunday March 10. Britain's Sam Bird claimed the chequered flag in the HKT Hong Kong E-Prix - but the Envision Virgin Racing driver is under investigation by race stewards for a late collision with Andre Lotterer.
This trio of adorable newborn tiger cub triplets were filmed for the first time on Tuesday after being born at the Taigan Safari Park in Crimea. The Amur tiger cubs are mother Frosi’s first offspring, and she kept a protective eye on them as visitors were allowed to see them for the first time. According to her keeper, Frosi won’t even let the cubs’ father Felix come near them yet, and is feeding them herself – which is unusual for animals kept in captivity. Over the next two weeks, the cubs will begin to open their eyes and will start to get comfortable with seeing members of the public. Amur tigers were once found throughout the Russian Far East, northern China and the Korean peninsula, but were driven to the brink of extinction by hunting. Russia became the first country in the world to grant the tiger full protection. There were only about 400 Amur tigers in the wild when a census was taken in 2005, and researchers found that the population was declining. However, after a decade of intense conservation efforts, there are now over 550 adult Amur tigers in the wild and the numbers appear to be growing. The Amur tiger has been pushed back from the brink of extinction, for now, but careful conservation efforts must continue to protect this majestic species.
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