A stunned protester from the multi-color-shirt' movement.
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  • A stunned protester from the multi-color-shirt' movement.
  • 'Multicolor-shirts' protest in Silom Road.
  • A woman from the ‚multicolor-shirt movement angrily protests against the blocade of Bangkok‘s business district.
  • Troops try to take cover after another grenade explosion.
  • A wounded woman being carried to an ambulance vehicle.
  • Army troops bring themselves in position, fearing shots being fired from the Redshirts barricades across the street.
  • Panic breaks out among commuters, coming home from work.
  • A wounded foreigner, injured by a M79-grenade.
  • Riot-police form a chain in order to keep protesters from both sides apart.
  • Riot-police form a chain in order to keep protesters from both sides apart.
  • A woman from the ‚multicolor-shirt movement angrily protests against the blocade of Bangkok‘s business district.
  • Army troops bring themselves in position, fearing shots being fired from the Redshirts barricades across the street.
  • Blood on the stairs of a bank in Silom Road. The victim, hit by a M79 grenade later died in hospital. It is believerd that the grenade was launched out of the Red-shirt camp.
  • The barricade around the Redshirts camp on Salae Daeng intersection in the financial district of Bangkok, the very heart of the city.
  • A wounded bystander, being carried to an ambulance.
  • A torn up resident reacts stunned to the casualties.
  • Major General 'Seh Deng', a renegade Army general, who defected to the Redshirts. He was shot in the head by a sniper and died on May 17th.
  • Bypassers inside the Red-shirt‘s fortress fear being targeted by a sniper and take cover behind a makeshift barricade.
  • A redshirt protester with a molotow coctail, the so called ‚cherry-bombs‘ inside the Redshirt‘s fortress.
  • When night falls on the streets of Bangkok, sporadic fighting breaks out in the city‘s business district. Soldiers are now being allowed to shoot live rounds in the air as well as at protesters, whom they consider being armed. „Live Fire Zones“ have been established by the government.
  • A company of soldiers, guarding a corner on Rama IV Street, which is in one of the most heavily embattled areas now in Bangkok. They carefully look out for possible snipers in the area.
  • A monk helps to reinforce the barricades around the Redshirts-camp.
  • The fighting spreads out to various locations in Bangkok. Protesters burn tires in the streets to prevent the army to have a clear shot on them. Anussawari area, in the middle of Bangkok.
  • Local residents take cover from snipers behind a concrete pole. The air is filled with thick black smoke from burning tires. Din Daeng area, in the middle of Bangkok.
  • A radical faction of the protesters battle the army with homemade rockets, Din Daeng intersection, in the middle of Bangkok.
  • Local residents try to spot a sniper who fires into the intersection. The air is filled with thick black smoke from burning tires. Din Daeng area, in the middle of Bangkok.
  • A local resident takes cover from snipers behind a concrete pole. The air is filled with thick black smoke from burning tires. Din Daeng area, in the middle of Bangkok.
  • Violence spreads out over the entire city. Radical ptotesters take major intersections, block them with burning tires and fight the army with sling shots, molotowcocktails and homemade guns. Din Daeng area, in the middle of Bangkok.
  • Violence spreads out over the entire city. Radical ptotesters take major intersections, block them with burning tires and fight the army with sling shots, molotowcocktails and homemade guns. Din Daeng area, in the middle of Bangkok.
  • An exhausted local resident in Din Daeng-district. Around him the battle is still going on, with shots fired and blasts from detonations.
  • A stunned local resident looks at the destruction in Din Daeng-district. Around them the battle is still going on, with shots fired and blasts from detonations.
  • After the protest-zone was attacked by the army, a radical group of protesters burned down shops and malls in Bangkoks business district.
  • People pray and mourn just a few days after the deadly crackdown, at Erawan-shrine, in the business district of Bangkok, which was occupied by Redshirt-protesters for almost two months.
  • The father of Mr. Somchai, a taxidriver and Red-Shirt supporter, who was killed during the riots in Bangkok. Yasothoan provincei, the very North-East of Thailand and the heartland of the Red-Shirt movement.
  • The father of Mr. Somchai, a taxidriver and Red-Shirt supporter, who was killed during the riots in Bangkok, visits the local cemetery, where the ashes of his son are kept.
  • Mrs. Nuuchit Kammgong, widow of Pan Kammgong, a 44 year old cobbler, who used to work in the streets of Bangkok. He was shot at Bangkok during the crackdown on May 19th. She works as a housemaid in a Bangkok hotel and has to leave her kids behind in the village. Yasothoan provinve / Ubon Ratchathani.
  • Praying and mourning at the funeral of a red-shirt guard, who was shot during the crackdown on May 19th. People gather at the families little wooden house. Yasothoan district/ Ubon Ratchathani.
  • Praying and mourning at the funeral of a red-shirt guard, who was shot during the crackdown on May 19th. People gather at the families little wooden house. Yasothoan district/ Ubon Ratchathani.
  • Praying and mourning at the funeral of a red-shirt guard, who was shot during the crackdown on May 19th. People gather at the families little wooden house. Yasothoan district/ Ubon Ratchathani.
  • The coffin of the deceased, a red-shirt guard, who was shot during the crackdown on May 19th, is moved out of the house. People gather at the families little wooden house. Yasothoan district/ Ubon Ratchathani.
  • Praying and mourning at the funeral of a red-shirt guard, who was shot during the crackdown on May 19th. People gather at the families little wooden house. Yasothoan district/ Ubon Ratchathani.
  • Son and wife of the deceased carry his pictures in a procession to the local temple, where the body will be burned. Yasothoan district/ Ubon Ratchathani.
  • The community gathers at the temple and awaits the cremation of the deceased. Since the dramatic events earlier this month, everything is politicized in those people‘s lifes. A last farewell to the deceased, who they believe gave his life to their cause. Yasothoan province, Ubon Ratchathani.
  • The community gathers at the temple and awaits the cremation of the deceased. Since the dramatic events earlier this month, everything is politicized in those people‘s lifes. A last farewell to the deceased, who they believe gave his life to their cause. Yasothoan province, Ubon Ratchathani.
  • The community gathers at the temple and awaits the cremation of the deceased. Since the dramatic events earlier this month, everything is politicized in those people‘s lifes. A last farewell to the deceased, who they believe gave his life to their cause. Yasothoan province, Ubon Ratchathani.
  • The guests of the funeral leave the temple in grieve and sadness, after the body of one of their martyrs (as they feel it) is burned. Yasothoan province, Ubon Ratchathani.