Developments in Bangkok

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)

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

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

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

An anti-government protester blows a whistle during a rally at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Dec. 6, 2013. 

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

Anti-government protesters wave clapping tools at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Dec. 6, 2013.