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Like the umbrella, the helmet has become Hong Kong protesters' tool, serving both functional and symbolic purposes. ☂️⛑️
In June, journalists donned helmets and neon vests to attend an indoor press conference hosted by the police in protest against the their excessive use of force against protesters and the press corps
This guy put on a helmet for his commute home, after passengers and protesters were violently beaten up by armed thugs at Yuen Long station on Sunday night.
There is a hand signal for "helmets"—handy for when helmets need to be passed through a crowd to the frontlines of a protest
There's also this clever, pun-endowed helmet. It riffs on 記你老母(journalist your mum/you mother-f-ing journalist). 老母(your mum) and 腦帽(brain helmet) are homonyms. 保你腦帽 means protect-your-brain hat.
The Goddess of Democracy statue at the Chinese University of Hong Kong with an ill-fitting but suitably stylish yellow helmet.
A call was put out shortly after the violent mob attack in Yuen Long on Sunday night, urging people to wear helmets to work and to school. 
An H&M employee wearing a helmet to work in protest
A poster for Saturday's planned march in Yuen Long: "To each their own helmet. Resist the dark regime." #HardhatRevolution
And as @antd noted, the yellow helmet/hardhat theme is growing and growing.
And who can forget this video, when protesters gave @RamyInocencio an umbrella and helmet as he reported live from Admiratly on 12 June, 2019?
Looks like it'll be an active day of sports in full gear, helmet included, in Yuen Long on Saturday. Get those step counts in, people.
Helmets as walking talking political message boards.
Hong Kong protesters in helmets, channeling Uncle Sam. (Ooh does that mean there's ~foreign influence~??)
Protester with a helmet & "Hong Kong, Add Oil" overlaid on a faint map of the city (including its 263 islands). The small words at the bottom say, "The problem is the system."
Four women in helmets, goggles, & masks held a silent protest against the gov & police yesterday in Tsim Sha Tsui. They switched to sitting after passersby told them the government wasn't worth kneeling for. hk.news.appledaily.com/breaking/realt…
"Protect yourself. Hardhats for the people. Wear it everyday until the culprits are brought to justice." (The culprits being a mob of armed thugs who attacked protesters and civilians in Yuen Long on Sunday 21 July)
People in Taiwan are collecting donations of used helmets for deliver to Hong Kong, after reports that Chinese customs had banned several companies from sending "sensitive materials" including helmets to HK. Photo: HK01 via FB hk01.com/%E7%A4%BE%E6%9…
Post-It notes on a mobile #LennonWall topped off with a yellow hardhat at the Hong Kong international airport.
Seen at the 27 July Yuen Long protest. Hardhat with a message: "I'm just walking down the street. Do not beat me. I'm very scared." The "巧驚驚" adds a tone of mockery, and pokes fun at the accent of mainland Chinese speakers.
Edible hardhat. (Just kidding. This is me goofing around with a 壽包, birthday bun, at my grandma's 87th last night.)
Grandpa with an illustrated helmet that he says was gifted to him five years ago during the 2014 #UmbrellaMovement.
Sea of yellow hardhats in Sheung Wan, during the Sunday 28 July protests.
Hardhat seen during the afternoon of the Sunday 28 July protest.
Hong Kong's iconic Lion Rock gets a yellow hardhat.
This hardhat is an impressive work of art. It features a large "Freedom Hi" 自由閪, various other popular protest slogans, and beautiful illustrations. Source: Telegram.
Latest graphic shared online, using hardhats to form the number 45: 44 people have been charged with rioting in connection with protests on 28 July, Sunday; a 45th was charged with possessing an offensive weapon. news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compon…
Here's the above graphic in full:
"I'm a father. I'm afraid of pain. I'm afraid of death. I'm afraid of not seeing my wife. I'm afraid of not seeing my kids. I'm most afraid of my kids not having a future. You'll never walk alone." Photo shared online.
"If you love wok so much, please go to work under Typhoon Signal 8!" Presumably in response to ppl opposed to protesters disrupting train service yesterday as part of a civil disobedience campaign. Today's strong typhoon meant many got to clock out early. [Source: The Interwebs]
This is ridiculously cute. Hardhat x onigiri 🍙🍙🍙
"Even if this hardhat fails to stop bullets, what's behind the hardhat represents our ideals."
"Defend freedoms. Invulnerable to guns and knives."
#HardhatRevolution
"Defend freedoms. Invulnerable to guns and knives."
#HardhatRevolution
World-class dubbing. #HardHatRevolution
Students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong about to meet vice-chancellor Rocky Tuan.
Hardhats at a protest, in a mall. They've gathered at Shatin's New Town Plaza (where police chased & fought protesters on 14 July) to call on people to join a general strike on Monday 5 August. (Photo: 鄧宗弘 for Mingpao bit.ly/2YAk9Pq) #HardHatRevolution
A shrine to the famous teargas-extinguishing metal plate, topped off with a yellow hardhat.
Adorable baby with a soft hardhat. By far my favourite of the #HardhatRevolution.
Tamar Park today. Photo by Chan Long Hei/EPA
Hardhat x Pocari Sweat x Bruce Lee "Be Water." Protesters reminding each other to be courteous when asking passersby to refrain from taking photos. #HardhatRevolution
