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Riot police deploy at Hong Kong airport in a bid to thwart plans by pro-democracy protesters to target the transport hub in the movement's first mass mobilisation since the city's leader made a surprise concession earlier this week. IMAGES
Pro-democracy protesters climb a statue in Hong Kong as they stage a sit-in ahead of a visit by President Xi Jinping to mark 20 years since the city was handed back to China by Britain. IMAGES
Media wait outside a Hong Kong police station where arrested academic and activist Benny Tai is believed to be held, as Hong Kong authorities awake to a chorus of international condemnation on Thursday following the mass arrest of pro-democracy opposition figures under a draconian national security law that Beijing imposed on the finance hub. IMAGES
Hong Kong police ramp up security around the city's legislature -- known as LegCo -- ahead of a debate over a law that would ban insulting China's national anthem, the latest measure activists say is chipping away at free speech in the finance hub. IMAGES
A police station has been damaged after a protest in the residential district of Tseung Kwan O in Hong Kong. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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