In pictures: Hong Kong anniversary

Hong Kong is celebrating the five-year anniversary of its handover from British back to Chinese rule. There have been street parades and demonstrations by opposition groups and the Falun Gong meditation movement.

Celebrations were held alongside protests in the Chinese territory to mark five years of independence

Activists, mourning the 'death of democracy' sprayed fake blood...

...and scuffled with police as they carried a 'democracy coffin'

Chinese President Jiang Zemin told Hong Kong it could do better

Falun Gong followers held silent sit-ins to protest against China's crackdown on the sect on the mainland

Police were deployed throughout the territory to ensure security