Photos: Hong Kong protesters enter fifth day of hunger strike

Pro-democracy student leader Joshua Wong during a press conference at an Occupy Hong Kong tent on the fifth day of his hunger strike, Dec. 5, 2014. The strike, undertaken by Wong and two other members of his Scholarism group, are aimed at forcing talks with political leaders about the electoral future of Hong Kong. How Hwee Young / EPA

Wong is helped into a wheelchair after the press conference. Wong says that so far he has only consumed water and a teaspoon of sugar during his strike. How Hwee Young / EPA

On the third day of the hunger strike, Wong rests in a tent outside the government headquarters. Bobby Yip / Reuters

Wong is joined by two other hunger strikers, Prince Wong and Isabella Lo at a press conference on Dec. 3. The three were subsequently joined in their strike by two other students. Johannes Eisele / AFP / Getty Images

A blackboard counts off the 42nd hour of the strike, Dec. 3, 2014. How Hwee Young / EPA

The original strikers, left to right, Isabella Lo, Joshua Wong and Prince Wong check their phones, Dec. 3, 2014. Bobby Yip / Reuters

Wong carries his belongings toward his tent at the movement's main protest site early in his strike, Dec. 2, 2014. Johannes Eisele / AFP / Getty Images