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Bangkok street battles escalate

Thailand protests: Medical staff help patient at the Dusit Thani hotel Thailand
Emergency medical personnel work on a patient at the Dusit Thani hotel after it was hit by grenades and bullets
Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
Thailand protests: Guests are evacuated to safety at the luxury Dusit Thani Hotel
Guests are evacuated to safety at the Dusit Thani hotel after explosions and gunfire were heard around the hotel in Bangkok's business district
Photograph: Jerry Lampen/Reuters
Thailand protests: Thai soldiers sits inside their bunker at a bus stop
Thai soldiers sit inside their bunker at a bus stop on a business and embassy district of Sathorn road near the anti-government protesters' main rally site
Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
Thailand protests: Remains of fires during violence between red shirt protesters and soldiers
Remains of fires during violent street battles between redshirt protesters and soldiers at Din Daeng road near Victory Monument
Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA
Thailand protests: Smoke rises from burning tires in Bangkok
Smoke rises from burning tyres in Bangkok
Photograph: Wally Santana/AP
Thailand protests: Buddhist monks pray for peace on the anti-government red shirt protesters
Buddhist monks pray for peace on the redshirt protesters' main rally stage
Photograph: Getty Images
Thailand protests: Protestor rests her feet upon graffiti of Prime Minister Abhisit
A redshirt supporter rests her feet upon graffiti and images of Thailand's prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva while encamped with thousands in an upmarket shopping district
Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters
Thailand protests: Minute of silence for Maj Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol known as Seh Daeng
A Thai redshirt protester during a minute of silence for military commander Maj Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol known as Seh Daeng, in a ceremony led by protest leaders
Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA
Thailand protests: A foreigner and his Thai companion walk by armed soldiers
Two people walk by armed soldiers after they sealed off part of a tourist district on Sukhumvit road in downtown Bangkok
Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
Thailand protests: An empty street and anti governement barricade in Bangkok
A general view of the redshirt anti-governement barricade in Bangkok
Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images
Thailand protests: Black smoke from burning tyres rise in central Bangkok
Black smoke from burning tyres rises in central Bangkok
Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA
Thailand protests: Pedestrians pass a sign calling for peace
People stop to watch smoke rise from burning tyres
Photograph: Wally Santana/AP
Thailand protests: Thai
Redshirts shoot a firework during demonstration
Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images
Thailand protests: Thai soldiers look out from their sand-bagged position in Bangkok
Thai soldiers look out from their sand-bagged position on Rama IV road in Bangkok
Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images
bangkok standoff: Army soldiers advance towards a barricade in Bangkok
Army soldiers advance towards a barricade separating them from redshirts
Photograph: Jerry Lampen/Reuters
bangkok standoff: A soldier looks through binoculars in Bangkok
A soldier looks through binoculars in Bangkok
Photograph: Wason Wanichakorn/AP
bangkok standoff: A girl carries a fan with the message to stop killing people in Bangkok
A girl carries a fan with the message to stop killing people as Thai police officers march into position at Victory Monument
Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP
bangkok standoff: A woman prays as police get ready in Bangkok
A woman prays as police get ready soon after the 3pm deadline at Victory Monument
Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP
bangkok standoff: a red shirt anti-government protester in bangkok
A redshirt protester walks through the smoke near Ding Daeng intersection
Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images
bangkok standoff: The body of Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdiphol in Bangkok, Thailand
The body of Maj Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol (Seh Daeng) is carried during his funeral in Bangkok
Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP
bangkok standoff: A soldier checks the trunk of taxi in bangkok
A soldier checks the boot of a taxi at a checkpoint on the fringes of an anti-government protest site
Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images
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