Demonstrators march towards government buildings in Bangkok on December 9 even after Thailand's PM, Yingluck Shinawatra, called a snap election in attempts to defuse the kingdom's political crisis.
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Demonstrators march towards government buildings in Bangkok on December 9 even after Thailand's PM, Yingluck Shinawatra, called a snap election in attempts to defuse the kingdom's political crisis.
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Thai riot police stand guard during a demonstration in Bangkok on December 10.
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Thai riot police stand guard during a demonstration in Bangkok on December 10.
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Protesters use a bulldozzer to clear a police barricade blocking an access road leading to Government House during a large anti-government rally on December 9.
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Protesters use a bulldozzer to clear a police barricade blocking an access road leading to Government House during a large anti-government rally on December 9.
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Anti-government protesters celebrate after removing concrete barricades outside the Government House in Bangkok on December 9.
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Anti-government protesters celebrate after removing concrete barricades outside the Government House in Bangkok on December 9.
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A demonstrator wearing a gas mask looks on outside a government building in Bangkok on December 9.
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A demonstrator wearing a gas mask looks on outside a government building in Bangkok on December 9.
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Rescuers treat a Thai anti-government protester after he fainted from exhaustion during a rally outside Government House in Bangkok on December 9.
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Rescuers treat a Thai anti-government protester after he fainted from exhaustion during a rally outside Government House in Bangkok on December 9.
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An anti-government protester raises his fist after entering the compound of Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, December 3. Police removed barricades and allowed demonstrators to enter the government compound as well as the metropolitan police office as part of a truce between protesters and the Thai government for the next few days.
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An anti-government protester raises his fist after entering the compound of Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, December 3. Police removed barricades and allowed demonstrators to enter the government compound as well as the metropolitan police office as part of a truce between protesters and the Thai government for the next few days.
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A protester celebrates after opening the gate of Government House on December 3.
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A protester celebrates after opening the gate of Government House on December 3.
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Protesters receive flowers from police officers on December 3.
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Protesters receive flowers from police officers on December 3.
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A police officer wears flowers offered by protesters in his bulletproof vest in Bangkok on December 3.
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A police officer wears flowers offered by protesters in his bulletproof vest in Bangkok on December 3.
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Protesters celebrate on December 3 after news that the government backed down.
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Protesters celebrate on December 3 after news that the government backed down.
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A protester throws a stone at police Monday, December 2, during a rally outside government headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.
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A protester throws a stone at police Monday, December 2, during a rally outside government headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand.
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A protester aims a slingshot at riot police December 2 in Bangkok.
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A protester aims a slingshot at riot police December 2 in Bangkok.
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Riot police use tear gas and water cannons as protesters try to occupy the government headquarters, known as Government House, on December 2.
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Riot police use tear gas and water cannons as protesters try to occupy the government headquarters, known as Government House, on December 2.
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An anti-government protester walks past a police vehicle with the word "peace" painted where "police" used to be.
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An anti-government protester walks past a police vehicle with the word "peace" painted where "police" used to be.
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Protesters remove part of a barricade as they attempt to occupy the Government House on Sunday, December 1.
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Protesters remove part of a barricade as they attempt to occupy the Government House on Sunday, December 1.
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A protester throws back a tear gas canister fired by police on December 1.
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A protester throws back a tear gas canister fired by police on December 1.
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Police officers form a line inside police headquarters on December 1.
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Police officers form a line inside police headquarters on December 1.
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A protester uses a megaphone to talk to police over a barricade December 1.
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A protester uses a megaphone to talk to police over a barricade December 1.
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An injured protester is carried on December 1.
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An injured protester is carried on December 1.
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Anti-government protesters run for cover December 1 as police use tear gas and water cannons.
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Anti-government protesters run for cover December 1 as police use tear gas and water cannons.
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Protesters wash a woman's eyes December 1 after tear gas had been fired in the streets.
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Protesters wash a woman's eyes December 1 after tear gas had been fired in the streets.
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