Farmers push against the shields of soldiers guarding the temporary office of Thai PM Yingluck during a protest in Bangkok

Farmers push against the shields of soldiers guarding the temporary office of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra during a protest in Bangkok February 17, 2014. Hundreds of unpaid Thai rice farmers swarmed around the office on Monday, threatening to storm the building if the beleaguered premier did not come out and speak to them. The escalation of the protest by farmers, who have not been paid for crops sold to the government under a state rice-buying scheme that helped sweep Yingluck’s Puea Thai Party to power, came as thousands of demonstrators seeking to unseat the prime minister surrounded the government’s headquarters. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST AGRICULTURE BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)