Photos: Hong Kong bids farewell to pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily

Across Hong Kong, people lined up early on June 24 to buy the final print edition of the last remaining pro-democracy newspaper. By 8:30 am, Apple Daily's final edition of 1 million copies was sold out across most of the city's newsstands. The newspaper said it would cease operations after police froze USD 2.3 million in assets, searched its office and arrested five top editors and executives last week, accusing them of foreign collusion to endanger national security. The shutdown deals the most serious blow yet to Hong Kong's media freedoms and could potentially destroy the city's reputation as an open and free media hub after Beijing imposed the security law on the global financial centre last year.