Photographs on this page were taken on May 19, 2010 of the red-shirt protest crackdown by the Royal Thai Army and Royal Thai Air Force in Bangkok.
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Photos from May 19, 2010 of the Thai Army red-shirt protest crackdown in Bangkok
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- Thai Army troops prepare for the crackdown against red-shirt protesters on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Medics prepare for the crackdown against red-shirt protesters on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- The abandoned red-shirts camp at the front of Lumphini Park on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Thai Army troops from this APC on the Rama IV flyover shot at the feet of this reporter on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- One of the abandoned red-shirts food depots in Ratchadamri Rd., Bangkok, on the morning of May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Armed with a sky-rocket, this man waits for the crackdown against red-shirt protesters on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- A monk looks skyward at a Thai Army helicopter over the red-shirts protest area on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- One of the “men-in-black” or a red-shirt guard retreats from the Rama IV barricade as the crackdown commences on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- At 7.30am a silenced round from a sniper fells an unarmed protester signalling the start of the Thai military assault on the red-shirt protest camp. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Red-shirt protesters attempt to load the shot man on a pallet for evacuation. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Red-shirt protesters attempt to a shot college come under fire. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- A member of the first rescue team that attempted to rescue a shot red-shirt protester is evacuated. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Red-shirt protesters set alight the barricade wall in Ratchadamri Rd., Bangkok, in an attempt to conceal themselves from Thai Army troops, who merely shot through the flames at waist height. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- An old man is shot at as he attempts to flee back to the red-shirts Ratchaprasong stage on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Red-shirt protesters prepare pin-pong bombs to fire against advancing Thai Army troops. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Red-shirt protesters rush a shot college through the media scrum covering the army assault. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Red-shirt protesters and medics rush a shot college to safety. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- A Royal Thai Air Force special forces soldier peers around a building on May 19, 2010 as the crackdown progresses. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Royal Thai Army Special Forces from Lopburi at the rea of a building in Ratchadamri Rd., Bangkok on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- A Thai Army soldier takes a red-shirt protester into custody near Sarasin Road, Bangkok, on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- A Thai Army soldier secures a red-shirt protester near Sarasin Road, Bangkok, on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- A Thai Army soldier stands guard over people, including a CNN iReport correspondent, found hiding behind a building in Ratchadamri Rd., Bangkok, Bangkok, on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- 56-year-old former nurse Phasudee Ngarm-kham was the last protester at the Ratchaprasong stage, refusing to leave despite the sounds of gunshots around. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- The partially looted temple behind the red-shirt Ratchaprasong stage on May 19, 2010. No weapons found here at the time. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- A meal lies untouched in the red-shirt meals area behind the Ratchaprasong stage on May 19, 2010. No weapons found here at the time. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- The VIP rest area behind the red-shirts Ratchaprasong stage following the abandonment of the 2010 rally on May 19. No weapons found here at the time. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Looters plunder the red-shirt kitchen following the abandonment of the 2010 rally on May 19. No weapons found here at the time. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- A row of captured riot shields lay unused near the VIP area behind the red-shirt stage following the May 19, 2010 crackdown. No weapons found here at the time. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- The abandoned red-shirt leaders rest area behind the red-shirt stage following the May 19, 2010 crackdown. No weapons found here at the time. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Abandoned medical supplies at the First Aid station behind the red-shirt stage on May 19, 2010 crackdown. No weapons found here at the time. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Hastily abandoned red-shirt clothes behind the red-shirt stage in Ratchadamri Rd., Bangkok after the May 19, 2010 crackdown. No weapons found here at the time. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Part of the hastily abandoned red-shirt living areas behind the red-shirt stage in Ratchadamri Rd., Bangkok after the May 19, 2010 crackdown. No weapons found here at the time. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Smoke billows from burning tires at Klong Toey as red-shirt protesters there resist the military crackdown on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- A front end loader carts away part of the red-shirts Rama IV Rd., barricade on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Fire extinguishers converted into improvised explosive devices at the New Petchaburi Rd., entrance to the red-shirt rally. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Looters descended on this Bangkok Bank branch after red-shirt protesters abandoned their rally at Ratchaprasong on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Looters ripped this Bank of Ayudhya ATM apart at Central World after the red-shirt protest ended on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- Flames engulf the Zen shop at Central World in Bangkok after the May 19, 2010 military crackdown. Photo: John Le Fevre
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- The darkened red-shirt stage at Ratchaprasong after protesters abandoned their rally on May 19, 2010. Photo: John Le Fevre
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