Photos: Thailand’s military takes control

A demonstrator embraces a Thai soldier during a cleanup operation at a pro-government demonstration site on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.  (Wason Wanichakorn / Associated Press)

Buddhist monks help clean up a protest camp occupied for months by anti-government protesters a day after the army seized power in Thailand.  (Nicolas Asfouri / AFP/ Getty Images)

A Thai anti-goverment protester who supports the coup poses for a photograph with soldiers in Bangkok. Thailand’s army chief announced in a nationally televised address that the armed forces were seizing power after months of deadly political turmoil.  (Manan Vatsyayana / AFP/Getty Images)

Thai army soldiers stand guard at the main entrance of a pro-government rally site after they shut it down and cleared protesters from the site on the outskirts of Bangkok.  (Nicolas Asfouri / AFP/Getty Images)

Thai anti-government protesters celebrate at their camp outside Government House in Bangkok after Thailand’s army chief announced that the armed forces were seizing power.  (Christophe Archambault / AFP/Getty Images)

Reporters watch as army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, in a nationally televised address accompanied by other top-ranking military and police officials, declares a military coup in Thailand.  (Narong Sangnak / EPA)

Anti-government protesters sing the national anthem in Bangkok.  (Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press)

A soldier rides a motorcycle outside an area occupied by anti-government protesters in Bangkok.  (Sakchai Lalit / Associated Press)

Thailand’s army chief, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, announces to the nation that the armed forces are seizing power.   (AFP/ Getty Images)

Thai soldiers block the entrance to the Army Club in Bangkok, where rival political leaders failed to reach agreement.  (Apichart Weerawong / Associated Press)

Soldiers stand guard at a roadblock outside the Defense Ministry after Thailand’s army chief announced the coup.   (Christophe Archambault / AFP/ Getty Images)

Thai soldiers stand guard after army Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha met with rival political leaders at the Army Club in Bangkok.  (Pornchai Kittiwongsakul, AFP/ Getty Images)