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19 FEBRUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Pall bearers pay respects at the bathing rites for Police Senior Sgt-Major Phianchai Pharawat, 45. Bathing rites are the first step in Buddhist funeral ritual. Phianchai was killed by anti-government protestors Tuesday during an altercation between protestors and police. Four people were killed and more than 60 hospitalized as a result of the fighting. Anti-government protestors aligned with Suthep Thaugsuban and the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) attacked police officers who tried to clear protestors out of sites they've occupied since January. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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19 FEBRUARY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Pall bearers pay respects at the bathing rites for Police Senior Sgt-Major Phianchai Pharawat, 45. Bathing rites are the first step in Buddhist funeral ritual. Phianchai was killed by anti-government protestors Tuesday during an altercation between protestors and police. Four people were killed and more than 60 hospitalized as a result of the fighting. Anti-government protestors aligned with Suthep Thaugsuban and the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) attacked police officers who tried to clear protestors out of sites they've occupied since January. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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