Pro-democracy protesters tried to surround the government headquarters in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong. After failing to shut down the government, pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong announced that he and two other members of his group will go on a hunger strike until the city’s chief executive restarts dialogue on electoral reform. — By Thea Breite

Pro-democracy protesters gather at Tamar, near the government headquarters in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong on December 1, 2014. (Dale de la Rey/AFP/Getty Images)