IN IMAGES: A Violent Day For Hong Kong's Occupiers
Tensions are flaring in Hong Kong, where young activists have been staging pro-democracy acts of civil disobedience for the past week.
As Scott reported earlier, what appeared to be a coordinated group of pro-Beijing protesters clashed with members of the Occupy Central movement. It's a story best told through images. We'll start with video from the South China Morning Post, and then we'll leave you with a series of images from the wires.
Pro-democracy demonstrators look on as they protect a barricade from opponents in an occupied area of Hong Kong on Friday.
Policemen try to get a man to let go of a fence guarded by pro-democracy demonstrators.
A group of men in masks rough up a man who tried to stop them from removing barricades from a pro-democracy protest area in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on Friday.
A man is held back by police as he screams at pro-democracy protesters to stop occupying an area of the Causeway Bay district.
Student protesters are overwhelmed with emotions as they hold onto their tent while being threatened by residents and pro-Beijing supporters in Kowloon's crowded Mong Kok district.
Angry locals confront pro-democracy student protesters, demanding that they remove the barricades blocking local streets in Causeway Bay.
A student protester is injured after being pulled off and hit by residents and pro-Beijing supporters.
Police are trying to control the crowds in the Mong Kok neighborhood as residents of Kowloon who are pro-Beijing clash with pro-democracy protesters, screaming at them to "get out."
Police stand guard outside the government headquarters Friday in Hong Kong.
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