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Tear Gas As Hong Kong Protesters Don Halloween Masks

Hong Kong democracy activists donned Halloween masks lampooning the city's pro-Beijing leaders on Thursday, defying an emergency law that bans face coverings and sparking renewed clashes with police.Tear gas was fired in multiple locations Thursday evening, including near a popular nightclub district where thousands of protesters had gatecrashed Halloween celebrations.Online forums used to organise the largely leaderless movement encouraged supporters to use a night when revellers traditionally embrace costumes to mock a recently enacted ban on face masks at protests.

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