Hong Kong's more venerable and veteran residents have taken to the streets as the elderly put on a show of solidarity for youth-led anti-government protesters.

Thousands of people took part in what was dubbed a "grey hair march" and the “silver hair protest” - billed as a way to show the city's pro-Beijing leadership that plenty of its older and more reliable  conservative citizens still support younger demonstrators.  

Hong Kong has been rocked by more than a month of huge and largely peaceful protests - as well as a series of separate violent confrontations with police sparked by a law that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China and other countries.