Around 10,000 Thais joined a "run against dictatorship" on Sunday, shouting slogans and wielding three-finger salutes from the Hunger Games films in the largest show of political defiance since the 2014 coup.
The runners massed before dawn in a Bangkok park for the event to take a stand against the government, which is led by former junta leader Prayut Chan-O-Cha and backed by a parliament stacked with MPs loyal to the military.
The run was led by Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the charismatic billionaire leader of a stridently anti-military political party which is facing the threat of dissolution.
Thanathorn has been stripped of his MP status, and is facing a battery of legal charges.
"You can feel the anger of the people and their disappointment over the government," Thanathorn told AFP before the run.
"I think this is the first step to general change in Thailand."