Storming of The Legislative Council

• Photographer
  Vivek Prakash
• Agency / Studio
  Agence France-presse (afp)
• Photo Date
  July 1, 2019

A protester defaces the Hong Kong emblem after thousands of protesters broke into the Legislative Council building, or Legco, in Hong Kong late on July 1, 2019. Anti-government protesters stormed the parliament building of the semi-autonomous city, after successfully smashing their way through reinforced glass windows and forcing open metal shutters that were blocking their way. They proceeded to break into the debating chamber of the building, where they spray-painted the Bauhinia emblem of the city with black paint and defaced the rest of the building with graffiti.

Vivek Prakash is a photographer based in Hong Kong. He has worked as a wire photographer for over 15 years, first as staff photographer for Reuters based in Singapore and India, and then as a freelancer for Agence Fence-Press (AFP) and European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) in Hong Kong. He has wide experience in shooting news, sports and features across Asia, and his photos have been featured on many top news websites, newspapers and magazines since 2005 onwards.