A pro-democracy protester applies make-up in the part of Hong Kong's financial central district protesters are occupying November 1, 2014. The former British colony of Hong Kong, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997, has witnessed a month of protests calling on the Beijing-backed government to keep its promise of introducing universal suffrage. The protests have for the most part been peaceful, with occasional clashes between the student-led protesters and Beijing supporters seeking to move them from the streets. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)