#LIVE Marches are taking place across Hong Kong as the city braces for its third straight day of civil unrest over the mask ban.
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#LIVE: Here is a map showing the dire traffic situation across the city, with the red sections indicating congestion, as protesters set up roadblocks and launch marches, shutting down some roads http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/BiSxpgD90C
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#LIVE: A hair salon blasts the protest anthem Glory to Hong Kong as demonstrators march by in Causeway Bay. It is not the only recording of the song blaring in the area http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/CkfrcLjXD5
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#LIVE: The controls in a traffic box along Nathan Road in Yau Ma Tei have been ripped out, with parts strewn all over the floor http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/WULUDv0j6m
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#LIVE: On Queensway, a major thoroughfare in Admiralty and Central, tear gas has been fired by police http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Officers have fired at least three rounds of tear gas from Mong Kok Police Station in Prince Edward http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Lai Chi Kok MTR station is now closed, with the Tsuen Wan line serving only Kwai Hing, Lai King and Mei Foo http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: The Kowloon government office in Yau Ma Tei has been vandalised, with slogans spray-painted and signs pasted over its doors and walls http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/Gnv3S6xK5o
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#LIVE: Here's a map of MTR station closures so far. Black crosses represent newly closed stations http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/wPMhcQ3Bmi
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#LIVE: More scenes of tear gas in Wan Chai. Photos taken by May Tse and Sam Tsang http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/W8XfOM7Fsf
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#LIVE: After MTR staff close the gates at Yau Ma Tei station, protesters rush back and seem to be zip-tying metal fences to the gates in a bid to seal it off. It is unclear why they are doing this http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/3m4iOU4313
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#LIVE: A branch of China Construction Bank (Asia) near Prince Edward station has been vandalised, among others throughout the city http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/OB7E8FJOhZ
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#LIVE: Water cannon trucks are seen at the end of Harcourt Road as protesters shout to each other to run away faster http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/vIOEr7Qvl3
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#LIVE: A group of protesters on Hennessy Road are throwing bricks in the direction of riot police at the junction of Stewart Road. Officer fire rounds of tear gas in return http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: A protester wearing a helmet and mask has driven an excavator onto the middle of Hennessy Road near CNT Tower in Wan Chai. He attempted to dig up the road but abandoned the machine a few minutes later http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Riot police equipped with batons and pepper spray have subdued several protesters near Canal Road East in Causeway Bay http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: The MTR Corp says a Mei Foo-bound train hit a buffer near Lai King station, causing the entire Tsuen Wan line to be out of service. It is unclear how this happened or if any passengers are injured http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/EZQI0lTz7e
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#LIVE: Protesters are setting a barricade on fire in front of the Sogo department store in Causeway Bay, as police advance http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/3KO22cDMj3
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#LIVE: More scenes from on the ground, where chaos is unfolding http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/8e1pzAUX16
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#LIVE: Some protesters along Nathan Road are using petrol bombs to set fire to an elevator at Mong Kok MTR station http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/JSt2s4H7si
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#LIVE: The massive fire started at one of the exits of Mong Kok MTR station, near Wai Fung Centre, has been put out by four firefighters http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Services on the Kwun Tong and Tsueng Kwan O MTR lines have been suspended, the MTR Corp says http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: A woman with blood across her face and chest was crying outside Mong Kok Police Station as she recounted the ordeal to media... (1/2) http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Holding the arm of a foreign journalist who was helping the woman, she says she was beaten and covered in spray-paint by protesters because she was filming them attacking a Bank of China branch nearby (2/2) http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Scores of young protesters, female and male, are waiting in lines to be escorted by police to a coach near the junction of Hennessy Road and Canal Road in Causeway Bay. Their hands are tied behind their back http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Paramedics have arrived on Canal Road and Hennessy Road. Some of the arrested protesters are being loaded onto stretchers Some allegedly had their hands tied behind their back for 20 minutes before ambulances arrived http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/ieJUXq6fyI
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#LIVE: Riot police on Nathan Road were being berated by dozens of people in the street, most of whom were not wearing masks. Officers left but were followed by the hecklers in what is an emotionally charged atmosphere http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: There are reports on social media that in an unprecedented move, a yellow flag - warning protesters they could be prosecuted - has been raised from inside the People's Liberation Army barracks in Kowloon Tong http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: Some pedestrians are returning to Causeway Bay, walking around and surveying the damage left behind by protesters http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/Bw7Z14tD10
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#LIVE: The MTR Corp has just announced the suspension of services on the West Rail line http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestsShow this thread -
#LIVE: More photos from on the ground in Mong Kok http://sc.mp/4469c#HongKongProtestspic.twitter.com/WL6YVuLQnJ
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