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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An anti government protester takes cover begind a burning tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester sets up a burning tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A protester sleeps near a burning tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A teenager sets out home made explosive device at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The bomb did not go off. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester directs other protesters to areas that are safe from government snipers at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester uses a car mirror to look for government snipers at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An anti government protesters swats at his hands, which are on fire, after he threw a petrol bomb at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester sets up a burning tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester sets up a burning tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester sets up a burning tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester sets up a burning tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man throws a home made petrol bomb towards army lines at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester throws a tire on a burning tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester with a People Power Party tee shirt at a tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The PPP is the now banned political party of ousted and exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester sets up a burning tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester throws a tire on a burning tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester sets up a burning tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester sets up a burning tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man looks for signs of snipers at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Anti government protesters take cover from snipers as a tire barricade burns at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A teenager sets out home made explosive device at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The bomb did not go off. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man gets help lighting a home made petrol bomb at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man throws a home made petrol bomb towards army lines at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Men take cover from suspected snipers at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man runs to cover with petrol bombs at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man throws a home made petrol bomb towards army lines at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  An anti government protest at a barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man looks for snipers before crossing past a burning tire at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A dog follows an anti government protester building a tire barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: An anti government protester sits on a digger he helped destroy with fire Monday in Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A bullet hole in the window of a coffee shop in Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok. Witnesses said the coffee shop was hit by sniper fire Monday. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Buddhist monk walks through Din Daeng intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Buddhist monk flashes the peace sign as he walks through Din Daeng intersection, while others take cover from snipers thought to be in the area in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Buddhist monk flashes the peace sign as he walks through Din Daeng intersection, while others take cover from snipers thought to be in the area in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai civilians watch men build barricades from the safety of their own barricade at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Anti government protesters take cover from snipers as a tire barricade burns at Din Daeng Intersection in Bangkok Tuesday. The intersection has been under periodic sniper fire from unidentified snipers near Thai military lines. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2010 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Thai soldier at a roadblock on Sukhumvit Road in Bangkok. This is the closest point to the Red Shirt camp in Ratchaprasong Intersection and people are not allowed past it. Violent unrest continued in Bangkok again Tuesday nearly a week after Thai troops started firing on protesters and Bangkok residents took to the streets in violent protest against the government. Tuesday was not as violent as previous days however. Although protesters continued to set up roadblocks and flaming tire barricades across parts of the city, there was not as much gunfire from the government lines. The most active protesters were at the Din Daeng Intersection about a mile from the Red Shirts' Ratchaprasong camp.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 SEPTEMBER 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Anti coup protestors gather at Democracy Monument in Bangkok. Hundreds of people protested against Thailand's military dominated government Saturday. The protest started with seminar about the 2006 coup that deposed popularly elected former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. After the seminar activists marched from Thammasat University to Democracy Monument, about 1 mile. Political gatherings of more than 5 people are banned by Thailand's military government and police tried to dissuade the protestors from finishing their march. Protestors ignored the police, who then stood by and watched but made no effort to intervene. At Democracy Monument protestors laid flowers and made speeches against the military. It was the largest anti-coup protest in Bangkok in more than a year.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  People light candles for the victims of the Erawan Shrine bombing. One week after the a bomb at the Erawan Shrine in the center of Bangkok killed dozens and hospitalized scores of people, police have not made any arrests. Police bomb sniffing dogs have been deployed to malls and markets around Bangkok. There was a large memorial service sponsored by businesses close the bomb site Monday evening.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays at a memorial service for victims of the Erawan Shrine bombing. One week after the a bomb at the Erawan Shrine in the center of Bangkok killed dozens and hospitalized scores of people, police have not made any arrests. Police bomb sniffing dogs have been deployed to malls and markets around Bangkok. There was a large memorial service sponsored by businesses close the bomb site Monday evening.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays near Buddhist monks presiding over a memorial service for victims of the Erawan Shrine bombing. One week after the a bomb at the Erawan Shrine in the center of Bangkok killed dozens and hospitalized scores of people, police have not made any arrests. Police bomb sniffing dogs have been deployed to malls and markets around Bangkok. There was a large memorial service sponsored by businesses close the bomb site Monday evening.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    People carry a large Thai flag through central Bangkok during a memorial service for victims of the Erawan Shrine bombing. One week after the a bomb at the Erawan Shrine in the center of Bangkok killed dozens and hospitalized scores of people, police have not made any arrests. Police bomb sniffing dogs have been deployed to malls and markets around Bangkok. There was a large memorial service sponsored by businesses close the bomb site Monday evening.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Activists rally at the Ministry of Defense and hold photos of the 14 students arrested by the military. About 100 people gathered in front of the Ministry of Defense in Bangkok Tuesday to support 14 university students arrested two weeks ago for violating orders against political assembly. They're facing criminal trial in military courts. The courts ordered their release Tuesday because they can only be held for two weeks without trial, the two weeks expired Tuesday and the military court chose not to renew their pretrial detention. The court order was not an acquittal. They still face trial and possible prison sentences if convicted.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai police lead away a man they detained (center) during a rally in support of 14 students arrested two weeks ago. About 100 people gathered in front of the Ministry of Defense in Bangkok Tuesday to support 14 university students arrested two weeks ago for violating orders against political assembly. They're facing criminal trial in military courts. The courts ordered their release Tuesday because they can only be held for two weeks without trial, the two weeks expired Tuesday and the military court chose not to renew their pretrial detention. The court order was not an acquittal. They still face trial and possible prison sentences if convicted.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai police block access to people protesting the arrest and detention of 14 Thai university students. About 100 people gathered in front of the Ministry of Defense in Bangkok Tuesday to support 14 university students arrested two weeks ago for violating orders against political assembly. They're facing criminal trial in military courts. The courts ordered their release Tuesday because they can only be held for two weeks without trial, the two weeks expired Tuesday and the military court chose not to renew their pretrial detention. The court order was not an acquittal. They still face trial and possible prison sentences if convicted.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Student activist  SIRIWIT SERITHIWAT (with microphone) leads a group of democracy advocates to the Ministry of Defense before a rally at the MoD. About 100 people gathered in front of the Ministry of Defense in Bangkok Tuesday to support 14 university students arrested two weeks ago for violating orders against political assembly. They're facing criminal trial in military courts. The courts ordered their release Tuesday because they can only be held for two weeks without trial, the two weeks expired Tuesday and the military court chose not to renew their pretrial detention. The court order was not an acquittal. They still face trial and possible prison sentences if convicted.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai police walk through a military checkpoint in front of the Ministry of Defense in Bangkok before a rally to support students arrested by the military. About 100 people gathered in front of the Ministry of Defense in Bangkok Tuesday to support 14 university students arrested two weeks ago for violating orders against political assembly. They're facing criminal trial in military courts. The courts ordered their release Tuesday because they can only be held for two weeks without trial, the two weeks expired Tuesday and the military court chose not to renew their pretrial detention. The court order was not an acquittal. They still face trial and possible prison sentences if convicted.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women stand in support of 14 Thai university students arrested two weeks ago for violating orders banning political assembly in Thailand. More than 100 people gathered at Thammasat University in Bangkok Monday to show support for the students. They face criminal trial in military courts. The students' supporters are putting up "Post It" notes around Bangkok and college campuses up country calling for the students' release.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman in a mock jail cell to call attention to the plight of other students arrested for charges related to political assembly. More than 100 people gathered at Thammasat University in Bangkok Monday to show support for 14 students arrested two weeks ago. The students were arrested for violating orders against political assembly. They face criminal trial in military courts. The students' supporters are putting up "Post It" notes around Bangkok and college campuses up country calling for the students' release.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 MAY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Anti-coup protestors scuffle with supporters of the military government during an anti-coup protest in Bangkok. Dozens of people gathered in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre in Bangkok Saturday to hand out red roses and copies of George Orwell's "1984." Protestors said they didn't support either Red Shirts or Yellow Shirts but wanted a return of democracy in Thailand. The protest was the largest protest since June 2014, against the military government of General Prayuth Chan-Ocha, who staged the coup against the elected government. Police made several arrests Saturday afternoon but the protest was not violent.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai police lead away Student activist Siriwit Serithiwat after they arrested him during a protest the military coup. Martial law is still in effect in Thailand and protests against the coup are illegal. Dozens of people gathered in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre in Bangkok Saturday to hand out red roses and copies of George Orwell's "1984." Protestors said they didn't support either Red Shirts or Yellow Shirts but wanted a return of democracy in Thailand. The protest was the largest protest since June 2014, against the military government of General Prayuth Chan-Ocha, who staged the coup against the elected government. Police made several arrests Saturday afternoon but the protest was not violent.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Student activist Siriwit Serithiwat talks to reporters after he was detained by police during a protest the military coup. Martial law is still in effect in Thailand and protests against the coup are illegal. Dozens of people gathered in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre in Bangkok Saturday to hand out red roses and copies of George Orwell's "1984." Protestors said they didn't support either Red Shirts or Yellow Shirts but wanted a return of democracy in Thailand. The protest was the largest protest since June 2014, against the military government of General Prayuth Chan-Ocha, who staged the coup against the elected government. Police made several arrests Saturday afternoon but the protest was not violent.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai police lead away Student activist Siriwit Serithiwat after they arrested him during a protest the military coup. Martial law is still in effect in Thailand and protests against the coup are illegal. Dozens of people gathered in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre in Bangkok Saturday to hand out red roses and copies of George Orwell's "1984." Protestors said they didn't support either Red Shirts or Yellow Shirts but wanted a return of democracy in Thailand. The protest was the largest protest since June 2014, against the military government of General Prayuth Chan-Ocha, who staged the coup against the elected government. Police made several arrests Saturday afternoon but the protest was not violent.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 FEBRUARY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: NATCHACAH KONG-UDOM, center, a Thai democracy advocate, and other protestors, participate in a chant during a protest against the military coup. Dozens of people gathered in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre in Bangkok Saturday to hand out red roses and copies of George Orwell's "1984." Protestors said they didn't support either Red Shirts or Yellow Shirts but wanted a return of democracy in Thailand. The protest was the largest protest since June 2014, against the military government of General Prayuth Chan-Ocha, who staged the coup against the elected government. Police made several arrests Saturday afternoon but the protest was not violent.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 NOVEMBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai police officers reaches for NATCHACAH KONG-UDOM while she walks through the lobby of the Siam Paragon movie theaters displaying the three fingered salute from the Hunger Games movies. She was one of at least three people arrested by Thai police during the opening the Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 in Bangkok Thursday. Opponents of the Thai military coup have adapted the three fingered salute used in the Hunger Games series as a sign of their opposition to the coup. In the weeks before the movie opening Thai police arrested several people for using the Hunger Games salute and Thai media reported that one Thai movie theater chain cancelled plans to show the movie at the request of the military government. There were several small protests at theaters showing the movie Thursday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 OCTOBER 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A shop owner rents a coverup to a Chinese tourist who was going to visit the Grand Palace. The Palace has a dress code and vendors in front of the palace rent "sarangs," a traditional Thai skirt, to tourists whose clothes are too revealing. The number of tourists arriving in Thailand in July fell 10.9 per cent from a year earlier, according to data from the Department of Tourism. The drop in arrivals is being blamed on continued uncertainty about Thailand's political situation. The tourist sector accounts for about 10 per cent of the Thai economy and suffered its biggest drop in visitors in June - the first full month after the army took power on May 22. Arrivals for the year to date are down 10.7% over the same period last year.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: A Red Shirt supporter holds up pictures of deposed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the funeral rites for Apiwan Wiriyachai at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND:  JATUPORN PROMPAN (center), a prominent Red Shirt leader, walks among supporters at the funeral rites for Apiwan Wiriyachai started at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: Women watch the funeral rites for Apiwan Wiriyachai at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 OCTOBER 2104 - BANG BUA THONG, NONTHABURI, THAILAND: People pay respects to Apiwan Wiriyachai, whose funeral rites started at Wat Bang Phai in Bang Bua Thong, a Bangkok suburb, Sunday. Apiwan was a prominent Red Shirt leader, member of the Pheu Thai Party of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and a member of the Thai parliament. The military government that deposed the elected government in May, 2014, charged Apiwan with Lese Majeste for allegedly insulting the Thai Monarchy. Rather than face the charges, Apiwan fled Thailand to the Philippines. He died of a lung infection in the Philippines on Oct. 6. The military government gave his family permission to bring him back to Thailand for the funeral. He will be cremated later in October. The first day of the funeral rites Sunday drew tens of thousands of Red Shirts and their supporters, in the first Red Shirt gathering since the coup.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JUNE 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman holds up a three fingered salute during a protest against the Thai military coup at Terminal 21 a popular shopping mall in Bangkok. The salute is from the movie "The Hunger Games" and symbolizes it admiration, thanks and good-bye to a loved one. In this case, the loved one is reportedly Thai democracy. The Thai army seized power in a coup that unseated a democratically elected government on May 22. Since then there have been sporadic protests against the coup. The protests Sunday were the largest in several days and seemed to be spontaneous "flash mobs" that appeared at shopping centers in Bangkok and then broke up when soldiers arrived. Protest against the coup is illegal and the junta has threatened to arrest anyone who protests the coup. There was a massive security operation in Bangkok Sunday that shut down several shopping areas to prevent the protests but protestors went to malls that had no military presence.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JUNE 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai police line up to remove protestors from Terminal 21 shopping mall in Bangkok after a flash mob protested against the coup in the mall. The Thai army seized power in a coup that unseated a democratically elected government on May 22. Since then there have been sporadic protests against the coup. The protests Sunday were the largest in several days and seemed to be spontaneous "flash mobs" that appeared at shopping centers in Bangkok and then broke up when soldiers arrived. Protest against the coup is illegal and the junta has threatened to arrest anyone who protests the coup. There was a massive security operation in Bangkok Sunday that shut down several shopping areas to prevent the protests but protestors went to malls that had no military presence.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JUNE 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thais protest the loss of free speech by covering their mouths and putting their hands shaped as guns to their head during a protest against the coup in Bangkok. The Thai army seized power in a coup that unseated a democratically elected government on May 22. Since then there have been sporadic protests against the coup. The protests Sunday were the largest in several days and seemed to be spontaneous "flash mobs" that appeared at shopping centers in Bangkok and then broke up when soldiers arrived. Protest against the coup is illegal and the junta has threatened to arrest anyone who protests the coup. There was a massive security operation in Bangkok Sunday that shut down several shopping areas to prevent the protests but protestors went to malls that had no military presence.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JUNE 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai soldiers on patrol at Terminal 21, a Bangkok shopping mall, after a flash mob protested against the coup in the mall. The Thai army seized power in a coup that unseated a democratically elected government on May 22. Since then there have been sporadic protests against the coup. The protests Sunday were the largest in several days and seemed to be spontaneous "flash mobs" that appeared at shopping centers in Bangkok and then broke up when soldiers arrived. Protest against the coup is illegal and the junta has threatened to arrest anyone who protests the coup. There was a massive security operation in Bangkok Sunday that shut down several shopping areas to prevent the protests but protestors went to malls that had no military presence.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JUNE 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man screams "freedom" during a protest against the Thai coup at Terminal 21, a popular shopping mall in Bangkok. The Thai army seized power in a coup that unseated a democratically elected government on May 22. Since then there have been sporadic protests against the coup. The protests Sunday were the largest in several days and seemed to be spontaneous "flash mobs" that appeared at shopping centers in Bangkok and then broke up when soldiers arrived. Protest against the coup is illegal and the junta has threatened to arrest anyone who protests the coup. There was a massive security operation in Bangkok Sunday that shut down several shopping areas to prevent the protests but protestors went to malls that had no military presence.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JUNE 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man holds up a three fingered salute during a protest against the Thai military coup at Terminal 21 a popular shopping mall in Bangkok. The salute is from the movie "The Hunger Games" and symbolizes it admiration, thanks and good-bye to a loved one. In this case, the loved one is reportedly Thai democracy. The Thai army seized power in a coup that unseated a democratically elected government on May 22. Since then there have been sporadic protests against the coup. The protests Sunday were the largest in several days and seemed to be spontaneous "flash mobs" that appeared at shopping centers in Bangkok and then broke up when soldiers arrived. Protest against the coup is illegal and the junta has threatened to arrest anyone who protests the coup. There was a massive security operation in Bangkok Sunday that shut down several shopping areas to prevent the protests but protestors went to malls that had no military presence.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The chained and locked front door of a McDonald's in Bangkok. Some McDonald's restaurants in Thailand have become gathering places for anti-coup protestors. The restaurant chain has taken out ads trying to discourage people from protesting in and around the restaurants and put up signs asking people not to protest in the restaurant. Bangkok was mostly quiet Saturday. There were only a few isolated protests against the coup and military government.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai policeman leans in to photograph a group of women who started singing Thai protest, pro-democracy and folk songs in a spontaneous protest against the coup front of a McDonald's in Bangkok. Some McDonald's restaurants in Thailand have become gathering places for anti-coup protestors. The restaurant chain has taken out ads trying to discourage people from protesting in and around the restaurants and put up signs asking people not to protest in the restaurant. Bangkok was mostly quiet Saturday. There were only a few isolated protests against the coup and military government.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Workers at a McDonald's restaurant in Bangkok take away Ronald McDonald because they were afraid the fast food icon would attract protestors opposed to the military coup. Some McDonald's restaurants in Thailand have become gathering places for anti-coup protestors. The restaurant chain has taken out ads trying to discourage people from protesting in and around the restaurants and put up signs asking people not to protest in the restaurant. Bangkok was mostly quiet Saturday. There were only a few isolated protests against the coup and military government.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai soldiers patrol the BTS Skytrain National Stadium station Thursday night. Thousands of Thai soldiers flooded the central parts of Bangkok Thursday to prevent any protests from taking place against the coup that deposed the elected civilian government. For the first time since the coup last week there were no significant protests Thursday.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man reads "1984" during a protests against the Thai coup Thursday. About eight people gathered at the Chong Nonsi intersection in Bangkok to silently read George Orwell's "1984" and other books about civil disobedience. The protests are based on the "Standing Man" protests that started in Turkey last summer. Authorities made no effort to stop the protest or interfere with the people who were reading.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman hands canned soft drinks and energy drinks to Thai soldiers stationed at Victory Monument. It's not unusual for supporters of the military to bring flowers and drinks to soldiers stationed on the street. Authorities announced Tuesday that at least one beverage given to a soldier was tampered with and poisoned. An investigation into the tampered drink is ongoing. Several hundred people protested against the coup in Bangkok at Victory Monument. It was the fourth straight day of pro-democracy rallies in the Thai capital as the army continued to tighten its grip on Thai life. The protest Tuesday was the smallest so far.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: CHATURON CHAISANG, a member of the ousted Thai government, during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand. Chaturon, a former Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister and a senior member of the Pheu Thai Party (the party of the elected civilian government) was arrested by military authorities in Bangkok while he was talking to reporters at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand. A squad of soldiers came into the packed FCCT dining room, confronted Chaturon and led him to a waiting van.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 27 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: CHATURON CHAISANG, a member of the ousted Thai government, during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand. Chaturon, a former Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister and a senior member of the Pheu Thai Party (the party of the elected civilian government) was arrested by military authorities in Bangkok while he was talking to reporters at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand. A squad of soldiers came into the packed FCCT dining room, confronted Chaturon and led him to a waiting van.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai military officers, including Col Winthai Sivari (center) and Col Werachon Sukhondhadhpatipak (right) talk to the media about the coup that deposed the elected civilian government. About two thousand people protested against the coup in Bangkok. It was the third straight day of large pro-democracy rallies in the Thai capital as the army continued to tighten its grip on Thai life.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai soldiers in a truck in Bangkok. They were enroute a demonstration against the coup. Public opposition to the military coup in Thailand grew Sunday with thousands of protestors gathering at locations throughout Bangkok to call for a return of civilian rule and end to the military junta.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai anti-coup protestors relax in front of a McDonald's in a Bangkok shopping mall. Public opposition to the military coup in Thailand grew Sunday with thousands of protestors gathering at locations throughout Bangkok to call for a return of civilian rule and end to the military junta.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai "Red Shirt" supporter of the ousted civilian government confronts soldiers at a demonstration against the military junta. Public opposition to the military coup in Thailand grew Sunday with thousands of protestors gathering at locations throughout Bangkok to call for a return of civilian rule and end to the military junta.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A protestor opposed to the military junta at a demonstration in Bangkok. Public opposition to the military coup in Thailand grew Sunday with thousands of protestors gathering at locations throughout Bangkok to call for a return of civilian rule and end to the military junta.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A protestor opposed to the military junta at a demonstration in Bangkok. Public opposition to the military coup in Thailand grew Sunday with thousands of protestors gathering at locations throughout Bangkok to call for a return of civilian rule and end to the military junta.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai soldiers retreat from protestors on an escalator in the BTS Skytrain system. Public opposition to the military coup in Thailand grew Sunday with thousands of protestors gathering at locations throughout Bangkok to call for a return of civilian rule and end to the military junta.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai soldiers retreat from protestors on an escalator in the BTS Skytrain system. Public opposition to the military coup in Thailand grew Sunday with thousands of protestors gathering at locations throughout Bangkok to call for a return of civilian rule and end to the military junta.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai "Red Shirt" supporters of the ousted civilian government cry at a demonstration against the military junta. A family member of the woman on the left had been arrested by soldiers. Public opposition to the military coup in Thailand grew Sunday with thousands of protestors gathering at locations throughout Bangkok to call for a return of civilian rule and end to the military junta.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai soldiers try to restrain a man demonstrating against the coup in Bangkok. Public opposition to the military coup in Thailand grew Sunday with thousands of protestors gathering at locations throughout Bangkok to call for a return of civilian rule and end to the military junta.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman holds up a sign against the Thai junta at a shopping mall in Bangkok. There were several marches in different parts of Bangkok to protest the coup that unseated the popularly elected government. Soldiers and police confronted protestors and made several arrests but most of the protests were peaceful. The military junta also announced that firing of several police commanders and dissolution of the Thai Senate. The junta also changed its name from National Peace and Order Maintaining Council (NPOMC) to the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Trucks owned by anti-government protestors wait to leave Bangkok after the Thai army ordered the protest areas shut down. The Thai military seized power in a coup Thursday evening. They suspended the constitution and ended civilian rule. This is the 2nd coup in Thailand since 2006 and at least the 12th since 1932.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A silhouette of Thai soldiers on duty in Bangkok. The Thai military seized power in a coup Thursday evening. They suspended the constitution and ended civilian rule. This is the 2nd coup in Thailand since 2006 and at least the 12th since 1932. The army has ordered both anti-government protestors in Bangkok and pro-government protestors in the suburbs to go home and arrested leaders of both groups.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A boy in a toy military uniform in the anti-government protest area in Bangkok after a military coup ended the protests. The Thai military seized power in a coup Thursday evening. They suspended the constitution and ended civilian rule. This is the 2nd coup in Thailand since 2006 and at least the 12th since 1932.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2104 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai soldiers guard the Army Club, the venue for meetings between the Thai Army and civilian politicians after the army declared martial law. The Thai Army declared martial law throughout Thailand in response to growing political tensions between anti-government protests led by Suthep Thaugsuban and pro-government protests led by the "Red Shirts" who support ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Despite the declaration of martial law, daily life went on in Bangkok in a normal fashion. There were small isolated protests against martial law, which some Thais called a coup, but there was no violence.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2104 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Thai special operations soldier guards the entrance to the Army Club in Bangkok after the declaration of martial law. Thai army generals called members of Thai society to the Army Club to give them instructions on how to proceed during martial law. The Thai Army declared martial law throughout Thailand in response to growing political tensions between anti-government protests led by Suthep Thaugsuban and pro-government protests led by the "Red Shirts" who support ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Despite the declaration of martial law, daily life went on in Bangkok in a normal fashion. There were small isolated protests against martial law, which some Thais called a coup, but there was no violence.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai anti-martial law protestors put dried roses on a drawing of an army tank. About 200 Thais gathered at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre in central Bangkok to protest the army's decision to impose martial law.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thais with signs protesting the army declaration of martial law. About 200 Thais gathered at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre in central Bangkok to protest the army's decision to impose martial law.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: SUTHEP THAUGSUBAN addresses representatives of state enterprises during a meeting he called at Government House in Bangkok. Suthep called representatives state enterprises to a meeting at his office in Government House, normally the office of the Prime Minister, to make assignments for the coming week. Suthep has pledged to overthrow the government of interim caretaker Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongphaisan, a member of former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's inner circle. Niwatthamrong became PM after the courts ousted Yingluck. Suthep has pledged to remove the Shinawatra family from Thai politics by May 27 or he will turn himself into police to face prosecution.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thousands of protestors from the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) surrounded the Thai Parliament complex Saturday to pressure the Thai Senate to select an interim Prime Minister to replace ousted former PM Yingluck Shinawatra. The Senate decided not to appoint an interim PM of their own and announced a meeting with the current interim Prime Minister. The protestors left the parliament complex and threatened to return in larger numbers if the Senate doesn't act. The Senate appointment of an acting PM could plunge Thailand into chaos since there is already an interim Prime Minister from the ruling Pheu Thai party.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man cheers for anti-government leader Suthep Thaugsuban in front of the parliament complex in Bangkok. Thousands of protestors from the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) surrounded the Thai Parliament complex Saturday to pressure the Thai Senate to select an interim Prime Minister to replace ousted former PM Yingluck Shinawatra. The Senate decided not to appoint an interim PM of their own and announced a meeting with the current interim Prime Minister. The protestors left the parliament complex and threatened to return in larger numbers if the Senate doesn't act. The Senate appointment of an acting PM could plunge Thailand into chaos since there is already an interim Prime Minister from the ruling Pheu Thai party.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thai anti-government leader SUTHEP THAUGSUBAN (center blue shirt) and his supporters walk to the parliament building in Bangkok. Thousands of protestors from the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) surrounded the Thai Parliament complex Saturday to pressure the Thai Senate to select an interim Prime Minister to replace ousted former PM Yingluck Shinawatra. The Senate decided not to appoint an interim PM of their own and announced a meeting with the current interim Prime Minister. The protestors left the parliament complex and threatened to return in larger numbers if the Senate doesn't act. The Senate appointment of an acting PM could plunge Thailand into chaos since there is already an interim Prime Minister from the ruling Pheu Thai party.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man cheers for anti-government leader Suthep Thaugsuban in front of the parliament complex in Bangkok. Thousands of protestors from the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) surrounded the Thai Parliament complex Saturday to pressure the Thai Senate to select an interim Prime Minister to replace ousted former PM Yingluck Shinawatra. The Senate decided not to appoint an interim PM of their own and announced a meeting with the current interim Prime Minister. The protestors left the parliament complex and threatened to return in larger numbers if the Senate doesn't act. The Senate appointment of an acting PM could plunge Thailand into chaos since there is already an interim Prime Minister from the ruling Pheu Thai party.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MAY 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Anti-government protestors in front of the parliament complex in Bangkok. Thousands of protestors from the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) surrounded the Thai Parliament complex Saturday to pressure the Thai Senate to select an interim Prime Minister to replace ousted former PM Yingluck Shinawatra. The Senate decided not to appoint an interim PM of their own and announced a meeting with the current interim Prime Minister. The protestors left the parliament complex and threatened to return in larger numbers if the Senate doesn't act. The Senate appointment of an acting PM could plunge Thailand into chaos since there is already an interim Prime Minister from the ruling Pheu Thai party.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    PDRCatParliament0516011.jpg
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