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A policeman in riot gear points his weapon as protesters try to flee from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Monday, November 18, 2019. Hong Kong police have swooped in with tear gas and batons as protesters who have taken over the university campus make an apparent last-ditch effort to escape arrest. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

A policeman in riot gear points his weapon as protesters try to flee from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Monday, November 18, 2019. Hong Kong police have swooped in with tear gas and batons as protesters who have taken over the university campus make an apparent last-ditch effort to escape arrest. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)



Protesters throw molotov cocktails at the police outside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong on November 17, 2019. Hong Kong police clashed with pro-democracy activists who vowed to “squeeze the economy” as the increasingly divided city reels from one of the worst weeks of violence in the months-long crisis. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)

Protesters throw molotov cocktails at the police outside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong on November 17, 2019. Hong Kong police clashed with pro-democracy activists who vowed to “squeeze the economy” as the increasingly divided city reels from one of the worst weeks of violence in the months-long crisis. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)



In this Sunday, November 17, 2019, photo, medical volunteers help a protester retreat from the front lines of a barricade outside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. Fiery explosions were seen early Monday as Hong Kong police stormed into the university held by protesters after an all-night standoff. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, November 17, 2019, photo, medical volunteers help a protester retreat from the front lines of a barricade outside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. Fiery explosions were seen early Monday as Hong Kong police stormed into the university held by protesters after an all-night standoff. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)



Protesters holds up a message to journalists as they prepare for police action against Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong Monday, November 18, 2019. Fiery explosions were seen early Monday as Hong Kong police stormed into the university held by protesters after an all-night standoff. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

Protesters holds up a message to journalists as they prepare for police action against Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong Monday, November 18, 2019. Fiery explosions were seen early Monday as Hong Kong police stormed into the university held by protesters after an all-night standoff. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)



In this Sunday, November 17, 2019, photo, an armored police truck tries to breach a barricade outside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

In this Sunday, November 17, 2019, photo, an armored police truck tries to breach a barricade outside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)



Riot police  detain protesters at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Monday, November 18, 2019. Hong Kong police fought off protesters with tear gas and batons Monday as they tried to break through a police cordon that is trapping hundreds of them on a university campus. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)

Riot police detain protesters at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Monday, November 18, 2019. Hong Kong police fought off protesters with tear gas and batons Monday as they tried to break through a police cordon that is trapping hundreds of them on a university campus. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)



An Iraqi protester wearing a face bandana and waving a national flag poses past burning tires blocking a road during a demonstration in the southern city of Basra on November 17, 2019, as protesters cut-off roads and activists call for a general strike. Iraqis flooded the streets of the capital and southern cities in a general strike that bolstered the weeks-long movement demanding a government overhaul. Protesters cut roads in the oil-rich port city of Basra by burning tyres and in Hillah, south of Baghdad, students and other activists massed in front of the provincial headquarters. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)

An Iraqi protester wearing a face bandana and waving a national flag poses past burning tires blocking a road during a demonstration in the southern city of Basra on November 17, 2019, as protesters cut-off roads and activists call for a general strike. Iraqis flooded the streets of the capital and southern cities in a general strike that bolstered the weeks-long movement demanding a government overhaul. Protesters cut roads in the oil-rich port city of Basra by burning tyres and in Hillah, south of Baghdad, students and other activists massed in front of the provincial headquarters. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)



Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against the government in Santiago on November 16, 2019. Chile said Friday it will hold a referendum to replace the country's dictatorship-era constitution – a key demand of protesters after nearly a month of violent civil unrest. The announcement sent the stock market soaring over eight percent – the biggest daily rise in a decade – and sparked a recovery by the peso, which was up 3.2 percent. (Photo by Claudio Reyes/AFP Photo)

Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest against the government in Santiago on November 16, 2019. Chile said Friday it will hold a referendum to replace the country's dictatorship-era constitution – a key demand of protesters after nearly a month of violent civil unrest. The announcement sent the stock market soaring over eight percent – the biggest daily rise in a decade – and sparked a recovery by the peso, which was up 3.2 percent. (Photo by Claudio Reyes/AFP Photo)



Supporters of Sri Lanka's President-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa shout slogans as he leaves the election commission office in Colombo on November 17, 2019. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who spearheaded the brutal crushing of the Tamil Tigers 10 years ago, stormed to victory on November 17 in Sri Lanka's presidential elections, seven months after Islamist extremist attacks killed 269 people. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)

Supporters of Sri Lanka's President-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa shout slogans as he leaves the election commission office in Colombo on November 17, 2019. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who spearheaded the brutal crushing of the Tamil Tigers 10 years ago, stormed to victory on November 17 in Sri Lanka's presidential elections, seven months after Islamist extremist attacks killed 269 people. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)



Palestinian journalists react to a stun grenade fired by Israeli forces during a protest to show solidarity with their colleague Muath Amarna, who was shot in his eye, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on November 17, 2019. (Photo by Mussa Qawasma/Reuters)

Palestinian journalists react to a stun grenade fired by Israeli forces during a protest to show solidarity with their colleague Muath Amarna, who was shot in his eye, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on November 17, 2019. (Photo by Mussa Qawasma/Reuters)



People place candles at a memorial to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the so-called Velvet Revolution on November 17, 2019 in Prague. The peaceful Velvet Revolution toppled the Communist regime in former Czechoslovakia 30 years ago, paving the way for democratic and economic reforms in the former Soviet satellite. (Photo by Michal Cizek/AFP Photo)

People place candles at a memorial to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the so-called Velvet Revolution on November 17, 2019 in Prague. The peaceful Velvet Revolution toppled the Communist regime in former Czechoslovakia 30 years ago, paving the way for democratic and economic reforms in the former Soviet satellite. (Photo by Michal Cizek/AFP Photo)



A man with a giant mask stands close to Rialto bridge during an exceptionally high tide on November 17, 2019 in Venice, Italy. Another exceptionally high tide of 154 cm hits Venice today. (Photo by Awakening/Getty Images)

A man with a giant mask stands close to Rialto bridge during an exceptionally high tide on November 17, 2019 in Venice, Italy. Another exceptionally high tide of 154 cm hits Venice today. (Photo by Awakening/Getty Images)



Tourists and residents wade through high water in Venice, Italy, 17 November 2019. High tidal waters returned to Venice on a day earlier, four days after the city experienced its worst flooding in more than 50 years. (Photo by Emiliano Crespi/EPA/EFE)

Tourists and residents wade through high water in Venice, Italy, 17 November 2019. High tidal waters returned to Venice on a day earlier, four days after the city experienced its worst flooding in more than 50 years. (Photo by Emiliano Crespi/EPA/EFE)



Tourists are seen in flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice, northern Italy, 17 November 2019. (Photo by Andrea Merola/EPA/EFE)

Tourists are seen in flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice, northern Italy, 17 November 2019. (Photo by Andrea Merola/EPA/EFE)



French aircrafts of the Patrouille de France spray colored smoke during a performance on the opening day of the Dubai Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, November 17, 2019. (Photo by Kamran Jebreili/AP Photo)

French aircrafts of the Patrouille de France spray colored smoke during a performance on the opening day of the Dubai Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, November 17, 2019. (Photo by Kamran Jebreili/AP Photo)



Multicolored hot air balloons take flight during the International Balloon Festival 2019 in Leon, Mexico, 16 November 2019. The Festival, which is held in the city of Leon until November 19, brings together about 200 hot air balloons from 23 countries in five flight days over the Metropolitan Park of Leon, which gathers thousands of visitors to observe the colorful spectacle. (Photo by Luis Ramírez/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Multicolored hot air balloons take flight during the International Balloon Festival 2019 in Leon, Mexico, 16 November 2019. The Festival, which is held in the city of Leon until November 19, brings together about 200 hot air balloons from 23 countries in five flight days over the Metropolitan Park of Leon, which gathers thousands of visitors to observe the colorful spectacle. (Photo by Luis Ramírez/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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