Thai Army Stages a Coup

Soldiers take up position at the Democracy monument after the coup was declared in Bangkok, May 22, 2014.

Anti-government protesters waiting at the Royal Plaza for transportation home stand behind a soldier after the coup was declared in Bangkok, May 22, 2014.

Anti-government protesters get ready to leave their main encampment after the coup was declared in Bangkok, May 22, 2014.

Thai journalists and foreign press watch the TV broadcast announcement of the coup by the Thai Armed Forces chiefs, at the press center of the Army Club, in Bangkok, May 22, 2014.

Anti-government protesters raise their fists as they sing the national anthem, in Bangkok, May 22, 2014.

Thai soldiers block a motorcade of an attendant at the Army Club shortly after the army staged a coup, May 22, 2014, in Bangkok, Thailand.

An armed soldier takes a position behind a military vehicle in the compound of the Army Club shortly after the military staged a coup, in Bangkok, May 22, 2014.

Thai soldiers guard an area where anti-government protesters come to rally, in Bangkok, May 22, 2014.

Barefoot Buddhist monks walk past a checkpoint near a pro-government "red shirt" supporter encampment in Nakhon Pathom province, on the outskirts of Bangkok, May 22, 2014.