Hong Kong—Pro-democracy protesters camp out on October 3 on an overpass, refusing to clear the streets in defiance of police assaults and government officials who say they’re “doomed to fail.” After a week of solidarity, the number of protesters has dwindled from the thousands to the hundreds as many return to their government jobs or succumb to exhaustion. The protests began when China decided Hong Kong could not have open elections in 2017, as previously promised, and instead would have to choose only from candidates vetted and approved by the central government in Beijing.