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IN PHOTOS: Hong Kong protests around the world

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The streets of Hong Kong were flooded by a sea of pro-democracy demonstrators on Sunday.

The latest march was a rare occurrence of a peaceful assembly that on previous weekends had been dominated by violence.

Estimates of up to 1.7 million participants in the demonstration were given by organizers, whereas police estimates told of a number much lower.

READ MORE: Hundreds of thousands gather in Hong Kong park for pro-democracy rally

Sunday’s protest was previously echoed by pro-democracy demonstrations from across the world, in cities ranging from Tokyo to Paris. Here are some photos this weekend’s protests and demonstrations, starting in Canada:

Toronto

Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters showed up at Old City Hall on Saturday. They were confronted by an almost equal number of pro-China demonstrators, which saw heated verbal exchanges between the two groups.

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Vancouver

Vancouver’s demonstration saw the closure of a major intersection on Saturday, where hundreds of demonstrators planted themselves outside Broadway-City Hall SkyTrain station. Counter-protesters showed up en masse to stage a duelling demonstration that spilled into the streets.

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Halifax

Duelling protests in Halifax sparked on the city’s waterfront on Saturday, with both Hong Kong and pro-China supporters having a presence outside the Halifax Seaport Farmers Market.

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Pro-democracy protesters arrayed themselves with poster boards depicting acts of police brutality and attacks on media during the increasingly violent protests in Hong Kong.

Paris 

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A pro-democracy demonstration supporting both Hong Kong and Taiwan showed itself. A counter-protest with twice as many pro-China supporters reportedly showed themselves as well.

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Washington, DC

Dozens of demonstrators gathered in Lafayette Square in front of the White House on Sunday, holding signs and placards both supporting Hong Kong and denouncing police violence.

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Sydney

Violence occurred during Sydney’s Saturday demonstration, where a pro-democracy demonstrator holding a Taiwanese flag clashed with a pro-China supporter near the city’s Town Hall.

READ MORE: China warns Canada to ‘stop meddling’ in Hong Kong affairs

New York

Hundreds of demonstrators showed up in New York’s Chinatown on Saturday, where another pro-China group came to counter-protest.

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Melbourne

Demonstrators in Australia showed up in front of the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne on both Friday and Saturday. Pro-China supporters held up their phones with pictures of the Chinese national flag while Hong Kong supporters voiced their support for democracy.

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London 

Hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators showed up in central London in support of Hong Kong protesters on Saturday.

READ MORE: China will not ‘sit on its hands’ if Hong Kong protests get worse: U.K. ambassador

Hong Kong

Lastly, Hong Kong’s demonstration this Sunday saw the city’s residents traverse the rain-soaked roads in a cavalcade of umbrellas.

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— With files from The Associated Press

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