16 August 2019, China, Hongkong: Timothy Lee, organizer of one of the demonstrations against the government, after a visit to the Supreme Court in the Central District speaks with representatives of the press. Despite open threats from Beijing with military force, there were new protests in Hong Kong on Friday. In the former British colony, which belongs to China as a special administrative zone, it is estimated that in the evening more than 25,000 people took to the streets again peacefully for freedom and democracy. Photo: Gregor Fischer/dpa