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.
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![Pro-democracy demonstrators look on as they protect a barricade from opponents in an occupied area of Hong Kong on Friday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5df7b92/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4256x2840+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F10%2F03%2F456575236_custom-0f48c3c0904e8ca93020cb639d1a6f07727372bb.jpg)
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![Policemen try to get a man to let go of a fence guarded by pro-democracy demonstrators.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/35881c1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4256x2840+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F10%2F03%2F456575230_custom-c98e38b00ea5ed4b7312e342d62c6bc1afd4b95c.jpg)
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![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.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/404d7a0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3680x2456+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F10%2F03%2F456585210_custom-c86c6b9f9cbe40e9ca7e0a93851b919700bad31f.jpg)
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![A man is held back by police as he screams at pro-democracy protesters to stop occupying an area of the Causeway Bay district.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7eb5861/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3680x2456+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F10%2F03%2F456579330_custom-f46c5c0492d6afafb9eb8c5d9bde56a1d4ab6620.jpg)
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![Angry locals confront pro-democracy student protesters, demanding that they remove the barricades blocking local streets in Causeway Bay.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/38eabb6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5664x3802+0+0/resize/880x591!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F10%2F03%2Fap899905332240_custom-378765e02b692b2daba4f6e1cfe51cdc5ae49a7b.jpg)
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![A student protester is injured after being pulled off and hit by residents and pro-Beijing supporters.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/51acd0e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4122x2795+0+0/resize/880x597!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F10%2F03%2Fap743400213079_custom-5596042504f1c7f0eb26d98878b759d237a74aca.jpg)
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![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."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/81ad77a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4200x2800+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F10%2F03%2F456592160_custom-990c426ad48d536c80ac6804002b2e2e7449c191.jpg)
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![Police stand guard outside the government headquarters Friday in Hong Kong.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/25a2295/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1996+0+0/resize/880x585!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F10%2F03%2F456587886_custom-fad7bca3eb6e3210656a32bcf12ac63f6c461e62.jpg)
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