Hong Kong's biggest strike in decades rocked the city on Monday as demonstrators threw one of the world's busiest commutes into chaos. Thousands of black-shirted demonstrators, finance workers and even civil servants have hit the streets since Thursday for a series of marches, several of which ended in violent clashes with police and tear gas.
The increasingly creative movement's latest protest saw traffic and subway trains halted or slowed across Hong Kong, while airlines canceled hundreds of flights in and out of the city as workers walked out or got stuck en route. The protesters have widened their demands to include leader Carrie Lam's resignation during nine weeks of increasingly violent unrest in the financial hub since her government tried to push through controversial legislation easing extraditions to mainland China.