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Outside of Hong Kong Government Complex at Admiralty district in Hong Kong on Sept. 28, 2015Anthony Kwan鈥擥etty ImagesBy Nash Jenkins / Hong KongSeptember 28, 2015 12:11 PM EDTFor 79 days last year, the world was watching Hong Kong as this towering metropolis, carved into verdant hilltops an adidas campus femme d following the asics sneaker sweep of cerulean bays, came to a standstill. Beginning on Sept. 28, 2014, as many as 200,000 defiant Hong Kongers took to the streets to demand the democracy they had been promised when the U.K. returned its last colony of note to Beijing in the summer of 1997.The movement was known interchangeably as Occupy Central, the Umbrella Revolution, and the Umbrella Movement, the latter two monikers referring to the umbrellas brandished as a totem of protest by those who flooded the streets of Admiralty and Central mdash; respectively Hong Kong primary political and financial wards mdash; and also Causeway Bay, a neon bastion of high-end retail, and Mong Kok, a blue-collar district a uggs skor cross the harbor in Kowloon.Exactly a year has passed since the beginning of the protests, and on Monday throngs of activists returned to their old stomping grounds to commemorate the anniversary of Scotty McCreery attends the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 6, 2014 in Las Vegas.Rick Diamond鈥擥etty Images for ACMBy Charlie CampbellMay 5, 2014 11:38 PM EDTAmerican Idol victor Scotty McCreery was robbed at gunp yeezy oint by intruders at a home in North Carolina ear adidas samba adidas ly Monday morning.The 20-year-old country-music star was one of several people held up by three gunmen who raided an apartment in Raleigh, near the campus of North Carolina State University, shortly before 2 a.m., seizing wallets, cash and electronic goods, Reuters reports.McCreery, of nearby Garner, is believed to be a student at the school, and won the 10th season of the hit Fox series in May 2011. His debut album, Clear as Day, opened at the top of the charts in October that same year.No arrests have so far been made in connection with the robbery.[Reuters]More Must-Reads from TIMEThe Reinvention of J.D. VanceIran, Trump, and the Third Assassination Plot adidas sambarose Welcome to the Golden Age of ScamsDid the Pandemic Break Our Brains 33 True Crime Documentaries That Shaped the GenreThe Ordained Rabbi Who Bought a Porn CompanyIntroducing the Democracy DefendersWhy Gut Health Issues Are M Dmyg The Migrants Who Were on TIME s Cover Will Attend the State of the Union