May 25, 2014
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Soldiers take up positions to block protesters against military rule at a shopping district in central Bangkok, Thailand. Military tightened its grip on power as it moved to douse smouldering protests fuelled by social media and to rally commercial agencies and business to revitalize a battered economy.
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A anti-coup protester holds a banner at Amarin Plaza in central Bangkok, Thailand. (Steve Herman/VOA)
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Pedestrians walk through of the field of United States flags displayed by the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund on the Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts ahead of the Memorial Day holiday. The 37,000 U.S. flags are planted in memory of every fallen Massachusetts service member from the Revolutionary War to the present.
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Motorist wait for the annual Rolling Thurnder motorcycle rally in the Pentagon parking lot in Arlington, Virginia, on Memorial Day weekend. (Dimitris Manis/VOA Greek Service)