Protesters use steels barricades to form a defensive line inside the Quarry Bay MTR station, Hong Kong, as they face off with riot police on Aug 11. (Photos: China Daily)

A group of citizens show support for the Hong Kong Police outside the Central Police District Headquarters on Aug 10.

More than 476,000 people attend an event in support of the Hong Kong Police at Tamar Park on Aug 17.

Protesters try to ram a trolley laden with flattened cardboard boxes through the glass-fronted entrance of the Legislative Council complex in Admiralty on July 1.

A protester sprays paint over the city emblem in the complex.