Anti-government protesters largely stayed off the streets on December 6 after stopping their demonstration the day before out of respect for the king on his birthday.
Developments in Bangkok

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A woman who had been abandoned came to Diepkloof Hospice. Rachel Mabena was shocked. "Maggots coming out of the orifices... They were on the face... That day I could not sleep." (VOA / D.Taylor)

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Anti-government protesters rest at the Democracy Monument in central Bangkok, Dec. 6, 2013.

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An anti-government protester cleans the ground near an empty parking lot of the Finance Ministry in Bangkok, Dec. 6, 2013.

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Anti-government protesters stand up to hear the national anthem at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Dec. 6, 2013.