Thai army storms redshirt protest camp

Anti-government protesters cry as their leaders announce their surrender Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/guardian.co.uk Anti-government protesters watch smoke rising from the Central World shopping centre Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA Photograph: Mast Irham/guardian.co.uk Smoke rises from fires in downtown Bangkok Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP Photograph: Vincent Yu/guardian.co.uk Soldiers arrest protesters during a crackdown Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/guardian.co.uk An anti-government protester piles tyres on a fire at a shopping centre Photograph: Wally Santana/AP Photograph: Wally Santana/guardian.co.uk A group of hardline protesters take cover behind a wall Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Bay Ismoyo/guardian.co.uk A soldier blindfolds an anti-government protester Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP Photograph: Manish Swarup/guardian.co.uk The body of a protester lies in the street Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP Photograph: Vincent Yu/guardian.co.uk Civic authorities use front loaders to clear tyres, barbed wire and bamboo sticks used as barricades Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/guardian.co.uk Journalists take cover during a gun battle Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP Photograph: Manish Swarup/guardian.co.uk Troops carry an injured soldier on a stretcher Photograph: Reuters Photograph: guardian.co.uk Soldiers charge through an anti-government barricade Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP Photograph: Vincent Yu/guardian.co.uk Bodyguards surround the protest leader Natthawut Saikua Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA Photograph: Mast Irham/guardian.co.uk Anti-government protesters evacuate an injured comrade during clashes Photograph: Mast Irham/EPA Photograph: Mast Irham/guardian.co.uk An injured journalist is carried to an ambulance Photograph: Ahmad Yusni/EPA Photograph: Ahmad Yusni/guardian.co.uk Thick black smoke rises from behind the main Chulalongkorn hospital Photograph: Wong Maye-E/AP Photograph: Wong Maye-E/guardian.co.uk A soldier advances on the redshirt camp Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters Photograph: Damir Sagolj/guardian.co.uk Soldiers and armoured personnel carriers near Lumpini park Photograph: David Longstreath/AP Photograph: David Longstreath/guardian.co.uk Soldiers take up positions near the protesters' camp Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/guardian.co.uk An anti-government protester waves a white shirt as he surrenders Photograph: Udo Weitz/EPA Photograph: Udo Weitz/guardian.co.uk Buddhist monks are detained by soldiers inside the redshirt camp Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/guardian.co.uk Redshirt protesters are detained by soldiers inside their camp Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/guardian.co.uk A red banner is lowered over the bodies of two protesters killed during the operation to evict redshirts from their encampment Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters Photograph: Damir Sagolj/guardian.co.uk The hand of a protester killed during the crackdown Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/AP Photograph: Sakchai Lalit/guardian.co.uk