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The Guardian - UK
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Bangkok burns amid Thai protests

Thai clashes: A firefighter carries a hose past debris
A firefighter carries a hose past debris littering a street as smoke rises from a burning building
Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images
Thai clashes: A man throws stones to break the glass panes of a building on fire
A motorcycle taxi driver throws stones to break the windows of a building on fire to allow firefighters to douse the flames
Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images
Thai clashes: Firemen hose down a fire at the site of clashes
Firefighters hose down a fire at the site of clashes
Photograph: Wally Santana/AP
Thai clashes: A Thai woman comforts her daughter
A Thai woman comforts her daughter as a fire set by redshirt protesters burns in the background
Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
Thai clashes: A Thai walks through a ransacked convenience store
A Thai man walks through a ransacked convenience store
Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Thai clashes: A monk gives a peace sign as he walks across a sniper fire zone
A monk walks across a sniper fire zone at a clash point
Photograph: Wally Santana/AP
Thai clashes: A Red Shirt protest leader delivers a speech on stage
A redshirt leader delivers a speech at an anti-government protest site in central Bangkok
Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
Thai clashes: A man sleeps on a deserted sidewalk
A man rests on a deserted sidewalk
Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP
Thai clashes: People line up as Thai Red Cross workers hand out food supplies
People line up as Red Cross workers hand out food supplies to residents in the Bon Kai area
Photograph: Udo Weitz/EPA
Thai clashes: Children sleep on mats at a temple turned into a temporary shelter
Children sleep on mats at a temple serving as a temporary shelter
Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
Thai clashes: An elderly man is helped across a street as he leaves clash points
An elderly man is helped across a street as he leaves one of the clash points
Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP
Thai clashes: Temporary lodging for those looking to escape dangerous areas
Workers prepare temporary beds on a school basketball court for those escaping the danger zones
Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA
Thai clashes: Armed soldiers stand behind barbed wire
Armed soldiers stand behind barbed wire after they restricted access to an area on the fringes of the anti-government protest site
Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images
Thai clashes: A protester gathers rubbish to add to a bonfire creating more smoke
A protester gathers rubbish to add to a bonfire
Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP
Thai clashes: A Thai anti-government protester fills a bottle to make a gasoline bomb
A protester fills the bottle of a handmade bomb
Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Thai clashes: Red shirt anti-government protesters burn tires to prevent troops shooting
Protesters burn tyres to prevent troops shooting at the red zone area of Bon Kai in central Bangkok
Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
Thai clashes: Injured red shirt anti-government protester is evacuated during clashes
An injured protester is evacuated during clashes with soldiers in Bon Kai
Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
Thai clashes: A Thai red-shirt anti-government protestor carries his slingshot
A protestor carries his slingshot around his neck on Rama IV Road
Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images
Thai clashes: Firefighters work to control a blaze set by Thai red shirt protesters
Firefighters work to control a blaze set by protesters
Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Thai clashes: Thai soldiers stand in a roadblock
Soldiers stand in a roadblock around the protest site in central Bangkok
Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images
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