What It Looks Like When the World’s Politicians Come to Blows

The chaotic brawls in Hong Kong's legislature on Wednesday followed three weeks of disagreement between two newly-elected pro-independence lawmakers and their opponents in the Legislative Council. Scuffles broke out as guards attempted to remove one of the legislators, Sixtus "Baggio" Leung, who was defended by fellow pro-democracy colleagues.

Hong Kong is not the only place where disagreements between lawmakers have erupted into scuffles.