Protesters outnumbered in Hong Kong

Runners carried the Olympic flame through Hong Kong in a steady drizzle today, as large groups of flag-waving supporters shouted insults at pro-Tibet and human rights protesters, forcing them to seek refuge in police vans.

One angry patriotic mob harassed a small group of pro-democracy supporters, yelling at them, “Do you think this is Paris?”, in a reference to the French leg of the relay that was disrupted by protests.