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Hospital workers evacuate an injured villager after an attack near an anti-government rally in Khao Saming in Thailand's Trat province on Sunday, February 23. A 5-year-old girl was killed and more than 30 others wounded when attackers sprayed bullets on an anti-government rally in eastern Thailand, police said.

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A bomb squad examines the scene of an explosion at an anti-government rally in Bangkok on February 23. Two children and a woman were killed and more than 20 injured outside a shopping mall. Protesters have been calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, whom they allege is a puppet of her billionaire brother, the deposed, exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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Debris is marked at the scene of the explosion in Bangkok on February 23.

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A protester shouts slogans in front of Thai army soldiers on guard during a rally in front of the temporary office of the prime minister at the defense ministry complex in Bangkok on Wednesday, February 19.

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A convoy of trucks carrying protesters sets off for a demonstration at the defense ministry complex in Bangkok on February 19.

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Security forces guard the temporary Thai government office during protests in Bangkok on February 19.

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Protesters rally in front of the defense ministry complex in Bangkok on February 19. The demonstrators want to replace Yingluck's government with an unelected "people's council" to see through electoral and political changes.

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Protesters shout slogans demanding Yingluck's resignation on February 19.

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Police officers assist a colleague who was injured by a grenade thrown by protesters in Bangkok on Tuesday, February 18. At least five people were killed and more than 70 were injured in clashes during a police crackdown.

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Two protesters who were arrested are taken away in a police van after clashes at Phan Fah Bridge in Bangkok on February 18. Thai police tried to reclaim the area, which anti-government protestors had been occupying for weeks, but were eventually forced to retreat after a grenade explosion and sporadic gunfire.

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Protesters wave flags during a standoff with riot police in Bangkok on February 18.

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Thai rice farmers clash with security forces in Bangkok on Monday, February 17. The political crisis took on a new twist when a subsidy program that benefited rice farmers -- part of the Prime Minister's base -- was decried as corrupt by opposition leaders.

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Protesters arrive at a rally outside a police headquarters in Bangkok on Friday, February 14.

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Riot police stand guard in Bangkok on February 14.

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A demonstrator sits in front of a row of riot police during an operation to reclaim government offices occupied by protesters in Bangkok on February 14. The attempted evictions led to a flare-up of violence after a period of relative calm.


