![THAILAND-POLITICS-PROTEST-CORRUPTION A police officer runs with a shot gun during clashes between police and anti-government protesters during an operation by the Thai government to retake the protester occupied Phan Fa Bridge in Bangkok, on Feb. 18, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bankok-thailand-protests-riots-10.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![THAILAND-POLITICS-PROTEST-CORRUPTION A police officer runs with a shot gun during clashes between police and anti-government protesters during an operation by the Thai government to retake the protester occupied Phan Fa Bridge in Bangkok, on Feb. 18, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bankok-thailand-protests-riots-10.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![An anti-government protester pushes policemen during clashes near the Government House in Bangkok An anti-government protester pushes policemen during clashes near the Government House in Bangkok, on Feb. 18, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bankok-thailand-protests-riots-08.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Thai police officers detain an anti-government protester near Government House in Bangkok Thai police officers detain an anti-government protester near Government House in Bangkok, on Feb. 18, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bankok-thailand-protests-riots-06.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![APTOPIX Thailand Politics An armed Thai police officer aims his rubber bullet rifle as medical team carry a injured person on a stretcher during a clash between police force and anti-government protesters in Bangkok, on Feb. 18, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bankok-thailand-protests-riots-07.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![100s Arrested As Thai Police Reclaim Anti Government Protest Site A Police officer is carried to an ambulance after he was shot in the head by sniper fire during a police operation to reclaim the protest site at Phan Fa Bridge in Bangkok, on Feb. 18, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bankok-thailand-protests-riots-04.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Anti-government protesters lift a police car after clashes with Thai riot police officers near Government House in Bangkok Anti-government protesters lift a police car after clashes with Thai riot police officers near Government House in Bangkok, on Feb. 18, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bankok-thailand-protests-riots-03.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![An anti-government protester pushes a line of policemen during clashes near the Government House in Bangkok An anti-government protester pushes a line of policemen during clashes near the Government House in Bangkok, on Febr. 18, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bankok-thailand-protests-riots-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Thailand Politics An anti-government protester is caught in tear gas during clashes with riot police in Bangkok, on Feb. 18, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bankok-thailand-protests-riots-05.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Thai police officers react after an explosion during clashes with anti-government protesters near Government House in Bangkok Thai police officers react after an explosion during clashes with anti-government protesters near Government House in Bangkok, on Feb. 18, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/bankok-thailand-protests-riots-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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