Pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong

Policemen stand guard during clashes between police and pro-democracy protesters in Mong Kok area, Hong Kong, on October 5, 2014. Pro-democracy demonstrators stood divided over whether to withdraw from protest sites across Hong Kong Sunday, hours before a government deadline to clear key roads they have blockaded for the last week. Embattled Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has said his administration was determined to "take all necessary actions to restore social order" and pave the way for government staff to resume work by Monday morning. Protest group Occupy Central said demonstrators would leave the secondary Mong Kok site on Sunday to reinforce the main rallying point near government offices across the harbour, and would also allow access to a blockaded road near the downtown headquarters in the Admiralty district. (Photo by Guillaume Payen/NurPhot (Photo by NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)