10+ Powerful Photographs Show the Ongoing Protests Happening in Hong Kong

More Powerful Photos of the Hong Kong Protests

Freedom cannot be bestowed, it must be achieved from r/pics

A sign at the protests in Hongkong, #AntiELAB from r/pics

Protesters have handed out ‘boarding passes' that promise to take Hong Kong to freedom. “Gate will be closed when you give up,” it read. from r/pics

Hong Kong protesters – “We are Fighting for the Future of Our Home” from r/pics

Protestor in Hong Kong today from r/pics

HK has upped its game. from r/pics

Honk Kong Protesters, after being shot with rubber bullets in close proximity, refusing to stop fighting for democracy. from r/pics

Free Hong Kong, Democracy Now! from r/pics

 

Update: Hong Kong protestors have formed a 28-mile human chain across the city.

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Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met, Manager of My Modern Met Store, and co-host of the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast. As an illustrator and writer living in Seattle, she chronicles illustration, embroidery, and beyond through her blog Brown Paper Bag and Instagram @brwnpaperbag. She wrote a book about embroidery artist Sarah K. Benning titled "Embroidered Life" that was published by Chronicle Books in 2019. Sara is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She earned her BFA in Illustration in 2008 and MFA in Illustration Practice in 2013.
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