Hong Kong student protest leaders Joshua Wong, of Scholarism, and Lester Shum, from the Hong Kong Federation of Students, were arrested on Wednesday as police cleared pro-democracy demonstrators from the Nathan Road protest site. On Tuesday, police moved in to clear part of a pro-democracy protest camp in the bustling district of Mong Kok, which has been the scene of some of the most violent clashes between demonstrators and the authorities.
The protests, which began in September, drew well over 100,000 people at its peak. For weeks, protesters camped out on streets and blocked key roads leading into three of Hong Kong's most economically and politically important districts.
We look back at the protests in pictures.
Police officers arrest Joshua Wong, student leader, in the Mong Kok district on Nov 26, 2014 in Hong Kong. -- PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES
Pro-democracy protesters rally near the government headquarters in Hong Kong on Sept 28, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
Pro-democracy demonstrators are sprayed with pepper spray during clashes with police officers in riot gear during a rally near the Hong Kong government headquarters on Sept 28, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
People disperse after police fired tear gas upon pro-democracy demonstrators near the Hong Kong government headquarters on Sept 28, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
A protester raises his umbrellas in front of tear gas which was fired by riot police to disperse protesters blocking the main street to the Central district outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on Sept 28, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Police officers stand in a cloud of tear gas during a demonstration in Hong Kong on Sept 28, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
A demonstrator offers a flower to riot policemen during a pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong on Sept 28, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
Riot police fire tear gas to disperse protesters after thousands of demonstrators blocked the main street to the Central district outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on Sept 29, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Policemen rest following pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong on Sept 29, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
Protesters rest following pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong on Sept 29, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
Protesters and student demonstrators hold up their cellphones in a display of solidarity during a protest outside the headquarters of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on Sept 29, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
Umbrellas are set up together, symbolising the so-called 'umbrella revolution' of pro-democracy protests, next to the central government offices in Hong Kong on Oct 1, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
A demonstrator against the Occupy Central movement shouts at protesters in Mong Kok on Oct 3, 2014, as police separated the two camps. -- ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
A protester sets up a bed in the protest site on Nathan Road in Mon Kok on Oct 7, 2014. -- ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
A Hong Kong journalist collapses in agony after being hit in the face with pepper spray by police in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on Oct 17, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
A man who attempted to attack Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai is held on the ground with his limbs tied by pro-democracy protesters in an occupied area in Hong Kong on Nov 12, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman walks past tents set up by pro-democracy protesters in the Occupy Camp in the Admiralty area of Hong Kong on Nov 17, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
Masked pro-democracy protesters try to break with a fence a glass window of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong early on Nov 19, 2014, in response to an earlier clear up of part of the "Occupy Central" protest site. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Journalists gather as workers assist bailiffs in removing a barricade under a court injunction in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on Nov 25, 2014. -- PHOTO: AFP
Policemen fire pepper spray to clear protesters during a confrontation at Mong Kok shopping district in Hong Kong on Nov 25,2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Pro-democracy protesters clash with police at Mong Kok shopping district in Hong Kong on Nov 25, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Protesters are sprayed with "tear spray" by riot police during a confrontation at Mong Kok shopping district in Hong Kong on Nov 25, 2014. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Police officers arrest Joshua Wong, student leader, in the Mong Kok district on Nov 26, 2014 in Hong Kong. -- PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES
