Monday, April 13, 2009

Pictures of the Week

April 10, 2009

Thai soldiers hold back supporters of the former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, during a protest outside the Asean Summit in Pattaya(Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty)

Thai soldiers get in position as they face supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra (not seen) during a protest infront the hotel of the 14th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Summits in Pattaya
Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish burning NATO oil supply tankers after a blast on the outskirts of Peshawar
Pakistani firefighters try to extinguish burning Nato oil tankers after a blast on the outskirts of Peshawar. Taleban militants are believed to have planted a bomb that destroyed six tankers supplying fuel to Nato troops in Afghanistan(Tariq Mahmood/AFP/Getty)

Thousands of demonstrators denouncing the Communist victory in Moldova’s parliamentary election smashed windows at the President’s offices and hurled stones at police(Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

A plane which seems to pass the moon at a very close distance in Sieversdorf, Germany

An aircraft photographed in the skies above Sieversdorf, Germany (Patrick Pleul/EPA)

A US military adviser and soldiers from the 17th Iraqi army brigade duck as they fire a mortar round during a live fire drill in Iraq

A US military adviser and soldiers from the 17th Iraqi Army Brigade fire a mortar round during a drill in Al-Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)


Thai soldiers gather inside the Government House as supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra in red-shirts demonstrate outside, in Bangkok

April 12, 2009

Thailand State of Emergency

Thai soldiers gather as supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Prime MInister, demonstrate outside Government House in Bangkok. The Government has declared a state of emergency after the "red shirts" forced the Asean Summit in Pattaya to be abandoned yesterday (Narong Sangnak/EPA)

A bodyguard of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva fires in the air to disperse supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra after they broke through security at the interior ministry in Bangkok

One of Mr Abhisit’s bodyguards fires in the air to disperse protesters after they broke through security at the Interior Ministry in Bangkok today (Reuters)

Thai Prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva narrowly escaping from angry protestors after they stormed the interior ministry.

Mr Abhisit, right, narrowly escaped protesters after they stormed the Interior Ministry (Sky News)

Supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra celebrate after seizing an armoured personnel carrier in Bangkok

Demonstrators celebrate after seizing an armoured personnel carrier in Bangkok (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)

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