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. Pro-democracy demonstrators look on as they protect a barricade from opponents in an occupied area of Hong Kong on Friday.](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/10/03/456575236_custom-0f48c3c0904e8ca93020cb639d1a6f07727372bb-s1000.jpg)
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. Policemen try to get a man to let go of a fence guarded by pro-democracy demonstrators.](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/10/03/456575230_custom-c98e38b00ea5ed4b7312e342d62c6bc1afd4b95c-s1000.jpg)
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 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.](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/10/03/456585210_custom-c86c6b9f9cbe40e9ca7e0a93851b919700bad31f-s1000.jpg)
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. A man is held back by police as he screams at pro-democracy protesters to stop occupying an area of the Causeway Bay district.](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/10/03/456579330_custom-f46c5c0492d6afafb9eb8c5d9bde56a1d4ab6620-s1000.jpg)
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. 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.](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/10/03/ap928381291196_custom-d08df4facf94761e106274be2014e65e5b71049f-s1000.jpg)
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. Angry locals confront pro-democracy student protesters, demanding that they remove the barricades blocking local streets in Causeway Bay.](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/10/03/ap899905332240_custom-378765e02b692b2daba4f6e1cfe51cdc5ae49a7b-s1000.jpg)
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. A student protester is injured after being pulled off and hit by residents and pro-Beijing supporters.](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/10/03/ap743400213079_custom-5596042504f1c7f0eb26d98878b759d237a74aca-s1000.jpg)
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 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](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/10/03/456592160_custom-990c426ad48d536c80ac6804002b2e2e7449c191-s1000.jpg)
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. Police stand guard outside the government headquarters Friday in Hong Kong.](http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2014/10/03/456587886_custom-fad7bca3eb6e3210656a32bcf12ac63f6c461e62-s1000.jpg)
Police stand guard outside the government headquarters Friday in Hong Kong.
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