Pro-democracy supporters leave as police officers advance near the government headquarters building at the financial Central district in Hong Kong

Pro-democracy supporters leave as police officers advance near the government headquarters building at the financial Central district in Hong Kong, December 11, 2014. Hong Kong authorities started on Thursday clearing the main pro-democracy protest site that has choked roads into the city’s most economically and politically important district for more than two months as part of a campaign to demand free elections. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA – Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS)