Pro-democracy leader Nathan Law leaves Hong Kong

A woman reacts to pepper spray when police were cleaning up protesters in Hong Kong on Wednesday July 1.

Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration on July 1. The gesture demands that the government comply with its “five demands, not one less.”

Police detain a protester after spraying pepper during a protest in Causeway Bay ahead of the annual surrender march in Hong Kong on Wednesday July 1.

A police officer raises his pepper pistol while arresting a man during a July 1 march.

Hong Kong Executive Director Carrie Lam toasts former CEO Tung Chee-hwa, center, and Leung Chun-ying after a flag-raising ceremony on July 1. July 1 is the 23rd anniversary of Hong Kong’s transfer of the British government to China.

Police officers carry escalators in shopping malls during protests on July 1.

People wave flags and shout slogans inside a Hong Kong shopping mall on June 15.

Pro-democracy activists leave flowers outside a shopping mall where a man fell to his death last year after hanging a protest banner.

A pro-democracy protester yells at police during a demonstration on June 12.

From left, Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Agnes Chow, members of the pro-democratic political group Demosisto, hold a press conference on May 30. A month later, Demosisto and several other political groups and activists formally dissolved, fearing they might be attacked. under the new law.

A man in a restaurant watches Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 28 when Chinese lawmakers approved a proposal for the new security law.

Xi votes on the proposal to draft a security law.

Pro-democracy protesters quarrel with the police on May 27.

A young man uses the “five demands, not one less” gesture during a protest on May 27.

Police try to discourage pro-democracy protesters from blocking roads in the Mong Kok district on May 27.

A pro-democratic protester is arrested by the police on May 24.

Tear gas is seen in the background as police try to disperse protesters on May 24.

A police officer shoots at protesters in Causeway Bay on May 24.

A woman reacts to tear gas on May 24.

Pro-China lawmakers attend a press conference in Hong Kong on May 22.

Pro-democracy lawmaker Eddie Chu Hoi-dick is eliminated by security during a fight with pro-Beijing lawmakers at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on May 22.

Delegates applaud when Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for the opening session of the National People’s Congress of China on May 22.

Lawmakers in favor of democracy and in favor of Beijing dispute the election of the presidents of the House Committee on May 18.

Lam Cheuk-ting, a pro-democratic legislator, launches papers into the air in protest on May 18.