Hong Kong's new leader, Leung Chun-ying, has had a turbulent start to his five-year term, with more than 100,000 people joining an anti-government rally just hours after he took office.
Pro-Democracy Group Demonstrates in Hong Kong
![Hong Kong pro-democracy groups stage a large scale protest parade on June 30, 2012 while Chinese president Hu Jintao was in Hong Kong for a 3 day visit. (All images by Iris Tong for VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/8a02cc35-f2e4-4db6-94fb-462a9fbad97e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Hong Kong pro-democracy groups stage a large scale protest parade on June 30, 2012 while Chinese president Hu Jintao was in Hong Kong for a 3 day visit. (All images by Iris Tong for VOA)
![Protesters try to push down the heavy blocks. Police have pepper spray ready.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2129cdf1-e3ee-417e-8cbe-25e4af6f9d87_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters try to push down the heavy blocks. Police have pepper spray ready.
![Parade pass through narrow streets.](https://gdb.voanews.com/02a51d32-c3f4-4456-8d5b-7ff29b7733fc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Parade pass through narrow streets.
![Police are also up on the blocks to take shots of the protest scene.](https://gdb.voanews.com/220c8bfd-281c-4963-ac45-7de0c51295da_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police are also up on the blocks to take shots of the protest scene.