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A paper umbrella and Christmas tree are displayed to decorate the last remaining pro-democracy protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong on December 22, 2014. Hong Kong’s leader Leung Chun-ying on December 15 declared an end to more than 11 weeks of sit-in protests by pro-democracy demonstrators after police cleared the last remaining camp and arrested a handful of peaceful protesters. AFP PHOTO / ISAAC LAWRENCE