A riot police officer points a gun at protesters attempting to escape the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) during clashes with police in Hong Kong, China on November 18, 2019. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





Anti-government protesters trapped inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University abseil onto a highway and escape as police besiege the campus, November 18, 2019. Dozens of protesters staged a dramatic escape by shimmying down plastic hosing from a bridge and fleeing on waiting motorbikes as the police fired projectiles. A number of them appeared subsequently to have been arrested, a Reuters witness said. (Photo by HK01 via Reuters)





Protesters take a rope down from a bridge to a highway, to escape from Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus and from police, in Hung Hom district in Hong Kong on November 18, 2019. Dozens of Hong Kong protesters escaped a besieged university campus on November 18 by lowering themselves on a rope from a footbridge to a highway, AFP video showed. Once on the road they were seen being picked up by waiting motorcyclists. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





Protesters wear masks as a mini bus driver uses a paper towel to cover his face after police fire tear gas at the Jordan area during a march towards Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong on November 18, 2019. Dozens of Hong Kong protesters escaped a two-day police siege at a campus late November 18 by shimmying down a rope from a bridge to awaiting motorbikes in a dramatic and perilous breakout that followed a renewed warning by Beijing of a possible intervention to end the crisis engulfing the city. (Photo by Philip Fong/AFP Photo)





Police detain protesters who attempt to leave the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) during clashes with police in Hong Kong, China on November 18, 2019. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Riot police disperse opposition supporters during a protest rally in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, 18 November 2019. Georgian opposition demands extraordinary parliamentary elections in Georgia. (Photo by Zurab Kurtsikidze/EPA/EFE)





An Iraqi demonstrator wears a mask near burning tires during ongoing anti-government protests in Najaf, Iraq on November 18, 2019. (Photo by Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters)





People watch a “Cantoya” balloon, during the International Festival of Paper Artistic Balloons 2019, in Tuzamapan, Puebla, Mexic​o, 17 November 2019. (Photo by Hilda Ríos/EPA/EFE)





Sophie Hawley-Weld, of German-American musical duo Sofi Tukker, crowd surfs with fans during the Corona Capital music festival in Mexico City, Sunday, November 17, 2019. (Photo by Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo)





An assistant of Saint Nicholas called “Roetpiet” (Soot Pete) arrives by boat at the harbour of Scheveningen, Netherlands, November 16, 2019. (Photo by Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters)





Presentation run of beautiful candidates for the Miss France 2020 pageant and press conference of the MIss France 2020 election at the Hotel Inter Continental in Paris, France on November 15, 2019. The pageant will be the 90th edition of the Miss France, slated 14 December 2019 at the Le Dôme de Marseille in Marseille. (Photo by Romuald Meigneux/SIPA Press)