Hong Kong Police Start Clearing Protest Areas

Two boys laughs at each other after shaving their heads during a service to celebrate Buddha's upcoming 2,560th birthday on May 14, at Jogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea.

A pro-democracy protester stands on barricades to raise a sign that reads "I want genuine universal suffrage" while workers start clearing away barricades at an occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2014.

Workers start clearing away barricades at an occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2014.

Pro-democracy protesters cut through a cable tie while dismantling a barricade outside Citic Tower in accordance with a court injunction to clear up part of the protest site outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2014.

A pro-democracy protester removes her belongings before the workers start to clear away barricades at an occupied area outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 2014.

A boy swims in a dirty pond on a hot summer day in New Delhi, India.

A tourist takes pictures of Buddha statues at a temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka.