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Photos: Hong Kong airport cancels flights for second day over protests

In Hong Kong, the 10 weeks of unrest, which has seen millions of people take to Hong Kong’s streets, has become the biggest challenge to Chinese rule of the semi-autonomous city since its 1997 handover from Britain. The protests began in opposition to a bill that would have allowed extraditions to the mainland, but quickly evolved into a broader bid to reverse a slide of rights and freedoms in the southern Chinese city. On Tuesday the authorities at Hong Kong airport cancelled all departing flights after pro-democracy protesters blocked the facility for a second day.

Updated on: Aug 13, 2019 5:11 PM IST

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A protester holds a placard during another demonstration at Hong Kong's international airport on August 13, 2019. Some flights resumed but many others were cancelled. Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific said it had cancelled more than 200 flights into and out of the airport on Tuesday, according to its website. The airport, one of the world’s busiest, blamed demonstrators for halting flights on Monday. (Philip FONG / AFP)

Updated on Aug 13, 2019 5:11 PM

A protester holds a placard during another demonstration at Hong Kong's international airport on August 13, 2019. Some flights resumed but many others were cancelled. Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific said it had cancelled more than 200 flights into and out of the airport on Tuesday, according to its website. The airport, one of the world’s busiest, blamed demonstrators for halting flights on Monday. (Philip FONG / AFP)

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Demonstrators continued to gather in the main terminal building Tuesday, although the airport said normal operations had been restored. Thousands of black-clad demonstrators occupied the airport on Monday following a weekend of violence that saw police fire tear gas into a subway station and rubber bullets at close range. (Vincent Thian / AP)

Updated on Aug 13, 2019 5:11 PM

Demonstrators continued to gather in the main terminal building Tuesday, although the airport said normal operations had been restored. Thousands of black-clad demonstrators occupied the airport on Monday following a weekend of violence that saw police fire tear gas into a subway station and rubber bullets at close range. (Vincent Thian / AP)

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A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China, on August 12, 2019. “Protesters have been frequently using extremely dangerous tools to attack the police in recent days, constituting serious crimes with sprouts of terrorism emerging,” said Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office spokesman Yang Guang in Beijing. (Kyle Lam / Bloomberg)

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A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China, on August 12, 2019. “Protesters have been frequently using extremely dangerous tools to attack the police in recent days, constituting serious crimes with sprouts of terrorism emerging,” said Hong Kong and Macau Affairs office spokesman Yang Guang in Beijing. (Kyle Lam / Bloomberg)

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Protesters sleep on the floor during a demonstration at Hong Kong Airport. The 10 weeks of unrest, which has seen millions of people take to Hong Kong’s streets, has become the biggest challenge to Chinese rule of the semi-autonomous city since its 1997 handover from Britain. The protests began in opposition to a bill that would have allowed extraditions to the mainland, but quickly evolved into a broader bid to reverse a slide of rights and freedoms in the southern Chinese city. (Thomas Peter / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 13, 2019 5:11 PM

Protesters sleep on the floor during a demonstration at Hong Kong Airport. The 10 weeks of unrest, which has seen millions of people take to Hong Kong’s streets, has become the biggest challenge to Chinese rule of the semi-autonomous city since its 1997 handover from Britain. The protests began in opposition to a bill that would have allowed extraditions to the mainland, but quickly evolved into a broader bid to reverse a slide of rights and freedoms in the southern Chinese city. (Thomas Peter / REUTERS)

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A tourist (C) gives her luggage to security guards as she tries to enter the departures gate during another demonstration by pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong's international airport. On Tuesday state media upped the ante, calling protesters “mobsters”, warning they must never be appeased and raising the spectre of mainland security forces intervening to quash them. The official state news agency Xinhua warned in a commentary Tuesday that “violent radicals” were pushing Hong Kong into an “abyss”. (Philip FONG / AFP)

Updated on Aug 13, 2019 5:11 PM

A tourist (C) gives her luggage to security guards as she tries to enter the departures gate during another demonstration by pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong's international airport. On Tuesday state media upped the ante, calling protesters “mobsters”, warning they must never be appeased and raising the spectre of mainland security forces intervening to quash them. The official state news agency Xinhua warned in a commentary Tuesday that “violent radicals” were pushing Hong Kong into an “abyss”. (Philip FONG / AFP)

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Two flight attendants walk past an electric display board covered with memos and posters at Hong Kong's international airport. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is “concerned by the ongoing events in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the escalation of violence that has taken place in recent days,” her spokesman Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva. (Philip FONG / AFP)

Updated on Aug 13, 2019 5:11 PM

Two flight attendants walk past an electric display board covered with memos and posters at Hong Kong's international airport. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is “concerned by the ongoing events in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the escalation of violence that has taken place in recent days,” her spokesman Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva. (Philip FONG / AFP)

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Protesters wear helmets as they deliver leaflets to arriving travellers. India has issued a travel advisory to its citizens travelling to Hong Kong. “Indian passengers are advised to be in touch with airlines to find alternative travel routes to avoid inconvenience, till normalcy is restored in airport operations,” the notice read. (Philip FONG / AFP)

Updated on Aug 13, 2019 5:11 PM

Protesters wear helmets as they deliver leaflets to arriving travellers. India has issued a travel advisory to its citizens travelling to Hong Kong. “Indian passengers are advised to be in touch with airlines to find alternative travel routes to avoid inconvenience, till normalcy is restored in airport operations,” the notice read. (Philip FONG / AFP)

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“My responsibility goes beyond this particular range of protest,” Carrie Lam said, adding that violence had pushed the territory into a state of “panic and chaos”. “I, as the chief executive, will be responsible to rebuild the Hong Kong economy, to engage as widely as possible, listen as attentively as possible to my people’s grievances and try to help Hong Kong to move on.” (Thomas Peter / REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 13, 2019 5:11 PM

“My responsibility goes beyond this particular range of protest,” Carrie Lam said, adding that violence had pushed the territory into a state of “panic and chaos”. “I, as the chief executive, will be responsible to rebuild the Hong Kong economy, to engage as widely as possible, listen as attentively as possible to my people’s grievances and try to help Hong Kong to move on.” (Thomas Peter / REUTERS)

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