Bangkok street battles escalate

Emergency medical personnel work on a patient at the Dusit Thani hotel after it was hit by grenades and bullets Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Photograph: Paula Bronstein/guardian.co.uk Guests are evacuated to safety at the Dusit Thani hotel after explosions and gunfire were heard around the hotel in Bangkok's business district Photograph: Jerry Lampen/Reuters Photograph: Jerry Lampen/guardian.co.uk Thai soldiers sit inside their bunker at a bus stop on a business and embassy district of Sathorn road near the anti-government protesters' main rally site Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/guardian.co.uk Remains of fires during violent street battles between redshirt protesters and soldiers at Din Daeng road near Victory Monument Photograph: Narong Sangnak/EPA Photograph: Narong Sangnak/guardian.co.uk Smoke rises from burning tyres in Bangkok Photograph: Wally Santana/AP Photograph: Wally Santana/guardian.co.uk Buddhist monks pray for peace on the redshirt protesters' main rally stage Photograph: Getty Images Photograph: guardian.co.uk A redshirt supporter rests her feet upon graffiti and images of Thailand's prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva while encamped with thousands in an upmarket shopping district Photograph: Adrees Latif/Reuters Photograph: Adrees Latif/guardian.co.uk A Thai redshirt protester during a minute of silence for military commander Maj Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol known as Seh Daeng, in a ceremony led by protest leaders Photograph: Barbara Walton/EPA Photograph: Barbara Walton/guardian.co.uk Two people walk by armed soldiers after they sealed off part of a tourist district on Sukhumvit road in downtown Bangkok Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Christophe Archambault/guardian.co.uk A general view of the redshirt anti-governement barricade in Bangkok Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/guardian.co.uk Black smoke from burning tyres rises in central Bangkok Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/EPA Photograph: Rungroj Yongrit/guardian.co.uk People stop to watch smoke rise from burning tyres Photograph: Wally Santana/AP Photograph: Wally Santana/guardian.co.uk Redshirts shoot a firework during demonstration Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/guardian.co.uk Thai soldiers look out from their sand-bagged position on Rama IV road in Bangkok Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/guardian.co.uk Army soldiers advance towards a barricade separating them from redshirts Photograph: Jerry Lampen/Reuters Photograph: Jerry Lampen/guardian.co.uk A soldier looks through binoculars in Bangkok Photograph: Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photograph: Wason Wanichakorn/guardian.co.uk A girl carries a fan with the message to stop killing people as Thai police officers march into position at Victory Monument Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP Photograph: Manish Swarup/guardian.co.uk A woman prays as police get ready soon after the 3pm deadline at Victory Monument Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP Photograph: Manish Swarup/guardian.co.uk A redshirt protester walks through the smoke near Ding Daeng intersection Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/guardian.co.uk The body of Maj Gen Khattiya Sawasdipol (Seh Daeng) is carried during his funeral in Bangkok Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP Photograph: Vincent Yu/guardian.co.uk A soldier checks the boot of a taxi at a checkpoint on the fringes of an anti-government protest site Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Christophe Archambault/guardian.co.uk