The photo gallery captures some highlights from different events happening in Thailand and other countries on May 20, 2014.

PHOTOS

20 MAY 2014

A day in photos

The photo gallery captures some highlights from different events happening in Thailand and other countries on May 20, 2014.

PHOTOS: Online Reporters
 
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A day in photos
The Royal Thai Army on Tuesday declares martial law across the crisis-gripped kingdom to restore order following months of anti-government protests that have left 28 people dead and hundreds wounded. (Photo by Surapol Promsaka na Sakolnakorn)
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The anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) will continue rallying for national reform before the next election despite martial law, PDRC spokesman Akanat Promphan says. (Photo by Pattanapong Hirunard)
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A group of supporters of the pro-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) play Thai chess at their rally site on Utthayan Road in western Bangkok on Tuesday. UDD chairman Jatuporn Promphan urges his members to stay put and cooperate with the army after the annoucement of the martial law. (Photo by Pawat Laopaisarntaksin)
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A woman gives an iced coffee to a soldier standing guard outside the police headquarters on Tuesday. (AP photo)
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Foreign tourists take pictures with soldiers in Bangkok on Tuesday. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard)
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Eight soldiers who returned from a food supply trip for Islamic preachers survived intact a malfunctioning roadside bomb in Rueso district of Narathiwat province mid Tuesday. (Photo by Waedao Harai)
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An investor monitors a board at a stock brokerage in Bangkok. The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index fell 1.13% or 15.94 points to close at 1,394.69 points on Tuesday. (Photo by Thanarak Khunton)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping attend an agreement signing ceremony during a bilateral meeting at Xijiao State Guest house ahead of the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit, in Shanghai on Tuesday. The Chinese President holds talks with the visiting Russian leader, as the two powers seek to build ties in the face of Western criticism and territorial disputes. Russia's relations with the United States and European Union have plunged to a post-Cold War low in recent months over its seizure of Crimea and Western accusations Moscow is fomenting unrest in the east of Ukraine. (AFP photo)
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Participants in the Sydney Harbour BridgeClimb wear lighted vests as they pose at the top of the bridge high above the city traffic below at night, during a preview of the Vivid Sydney light and music festival on Tuesday. (Reuters photo)