18 May 2010Last updated at 16:16

In pictures: Weapons on Bangkok streets

Protesters shoot a firework in Bangkok, Thailand (18 May 2010)

Clashes between anti-government protesters and the military have continued in the Thai capital Bangkok, with the red-shirts deploying improvised weapons to defend their makeshift camp.

Protester sets fire to tyres in Bangkok, Thailand (18 May 2010)

The red-shirts have been setting fire to piles of car tyres around the Bangkok encampment, cloaking their positions in thick plumes of black smoke.

Protester wearing a catapult in Bangkok, Thailand (18 May 2010)

Many of the protesters are armed with simple catapults, which they have used to hurl stones or firecrackers towards the soldiers stationed nearby.

Protesters shoots a firecracker in Bangkok, Thailand (18 May 2010)

Others have fashioned rockets to shoot firecrackers in the direction of the military.

Protester makes a Molotov cocktail in Bangkok, Thailand (18 May 2010)

Bottles are filled with fuel to make Molotov cocktails - some of them with firecrackers attached - and thrown over the barricades.

Red-shirt protesters in Bangkok, Thailand (18 May 2010)

But other protesters insist they are unarmed, stripping down to their underwear to prove so to the military.

Soldiers in Bangkok, Thailand (18 May 2010)

A large section of the city around the protest camp has been designated a "live fire zone", but the military says it is only using live ammunition in self defence.

Soldier sweeps the ground while carrying a gun in Bangkok, Thailand (18 May 2010)

At least 37 people have lost their lives since the latest violence broke out on Thursday, with hopes fading for a negotiated end to the conflict.

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In pictures: Weapons on Bangkok streets

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