Anti-government protests in Bangkok – in pictures

Protesters blow whistles and hold placards during a rally at Asoke intersection, in the heart of Bangkok's main shopping district Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters

People peer over a concrete wall during a protest in Bangkok Photograph: Kittipong Faengsrikum/Demotix/Corbis

An aerial view of anti-government protesters at the Democracy Monument in central Bangkok Photograph: Reuters

Suthep Thaugsuban, a former deputy prime minister and protest leader, acknowledges the crowd at the Democracy Monument Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Abhisit Vejjajiva, the opposition Democrat party leader and former prime minister, greets protesters at the Democracy Monument Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA

Anti-government protesters scuffle with riot police during a rally near Government House Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

Riot police secure the area Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA

Office workers cheer as anti-government protesters march past their building Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Police officers salute as protesters sing the King's Anthem at the police headquarters Photograph: Jack Kurtz/Zuma Press/Corbis

Protesters wave national flags as they march towards a government complex Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images

Yingluck Shinawatra, the prime minister, leaves Parliament House after surviving a no-confidence vote Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA

Protesters offer roses and whistles to Thai soldiers to invite them to join their rally at the defence ministry Photograph: Wason Wanichakorn/AP

An anti-government protester uses binoculars to look at the national police headquarters Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

An anti-government protester blows a giant whistle next to a riot police officer outside the headquarters of Yingluck Shinawatra's ruling Pheu Thai party Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP

An anti-government protester shouts at the police line at Puea Thai party HQ while pointing to a news article on his tablet Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/Demotix/Corbis

Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Democrat party leader, speaks to protesters at the start of a march to the US embassy in Bangkok Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA

Anti-government protesters rest after breaking into the compound of the Royal Thai Army headquarters Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters