9.49 am Hundreds of protesters file through an underpass in Admiralty

10.01 am Police hold up orange banners with the words “disperse or we fire” on Tim Mei Avenue, briefly heightening tensions with the protesters

10.25 am Huge crowds gather on Harcourt Road near the government headquarters

11.13 am A sea of protesters forms on Harcourt Road in Admiralty

11.24 am Riot police stand by in the Legislative Council after calls are heard from protesters to storm the east entrance

11.38 am Protesters gather along Tim Mei Road

11.45 am Protesters prise bricks from the ground in a scene reminiscent of the Mong Kok riot in 2016

11.54 am Scene from the ground as the Legislative Council meeting remains delayed

1.07 pm A banner hangs from the Admiralty Centre footbridge. On one side, it reads: “Majority calls for Carrie Lam to step down” and on the other: “Withdraw the extradition bill, defend ‘one country two systems’", referring to the policy under which Beijing governs Hong Kong, granting it a high degree of autonomy

3.37 pm After being sprayed with a pepper-based solution, protesters retreat, still covered by umbrellas, only to make another push forward. Police wield batons and umbrellas are thrown

4.28 pm Police fire tear gas, sending crowds running for cover

4.48 pm About eight rounds of tear gas are fired on Lung Wui Road. A little earlier, police fired a round onto a bridge on the same street

4.51 pm The police with a banner warning of teargas

5.24 pm Lawmaker Charles Mok shouts at police in the Legislative Council Complex

8.34 pm Protesters in a stand-off with police outside the Bank of America Tower

8.43 pm Police on Queensway outside Pacific Place shopping mall reinforce their line of defence with more officers. They shout at pedestrians trying to make their way through to go back

08.50 pm Police have held their position outside the People’s Liberation Army building for more than two hours since firing tear gas at 6.30pm. Protesters take bricks, spades, bamboo sticks and metal bars from a construction site at Hutchison House to build a barricade

10.48 pm Crowds gather at the junction outside the AIA tower in Central

12.48 am The aftermath in Admiralty. Debris after a day of mayhem