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A pro-government supporter threatens to jump off a pedestrian bridge unless roadblocks set up by Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters are removed in front of the government headquarters in Hong Kong, October 5, 2014. Fearing a police crackdown, Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters bowed to government pressure and said they would lift a blockade of key government buildings, but student leaders braced for a showdown in the heart of the Asian financial centre. Tens of thousands of protesters have staged sit-ins across Hong Kong over the past week, demanding the city's pro-Beijing leader Leung Chun-ying step down and for the right to vote for a leader of their choice in 2017. After more than 3 hours the man agreed to step down and was escorted by policemen and firefighters out of the area. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)
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