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Hong Kong protests: Rival demonstrations spread across globe

Reuters Pro-Beijing demonstrators are separated from supporters of the Hong Kong protestors in LondonReuters
Pro-Beijing demonstrators are separated from supporters of the Hong Kong protestors in London

Protests over the Hong Kong democracy movement have spread across the globe, with rallies taking place in the UK, France, US, Canada and Australia.

In Vancouver, Toronto and London, demonstrators were confronted by pro-Beijing rallies.

Hundreds also protested in Sydney's Belmore Park on Sunday.

Some wore facemasks due to fears of alleged Chinese state surveillance of citizens who support Hong Kong from abroad.

On Sunday hundreds of thousands of people took part in pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong despite increasingly severe warnings from the Chinese central government.

Reuters Supporters of the Hong Kong protests demonstrate in central LondonReuters
Supporters of the Hong Kong protests demonstrated in central London on Saturday
Reuters Pro-Beijing demonstrators take to the streets of LondonReuters
Pro-Beijing demonstrators confronted them
AFP Pro-China activists march on the streets of SydneyAFP
There were also rival demonstrations in Sydney - here, pro-Beijing activists march through the city
EPA A pro-democracy demonstrator holding a Taiwanese flag clashes with pro-China supporters in SydneyEPA
Some clashed with a pro-democracy demonstrator holding a Taiwanese flag
AFP Supporters of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters demonstrate in SydneyAFP
Supporters of the Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters called for solidarity in the face of "tyranny"
AFP pro-HK democracy and pro-china protesters in parisAFP
In Paris there were heated exchanges between those supporting the Hong Kong protests and those supporting the Beijing government
AFP new york protestsAFP
New York's Chinatown area also saw rival demonstrations
AFP A pro-Hong Kong democracy supporter wears a patch on one eye and a drawing that depicts salt on a wound during a rally in VancouverAFP
In Vancouver, a pro-Hong Kong democracy supporter wore a patch on one eye and a drawing depicting salt poured on the wound - a reference to a demonstrator in Hong Kong who was allegedly wounded in one eye by police firing a projectile
AFP Pro-Chinese government supporters protest in VancouverAFP
Pro-Chinese government supporters were also out
AFP Hong Kong pro-democracy supporters hold signs during a rally in VancouverAFP
Some demonstrators dressed like protesters in Hong Kong

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