A Buddhist monk feeds an elephant during Thailand's National Elephant Day celebration in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand on March 13, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A girl feeds an elephant during Thailand's National Elephant Day celebration in the ancient city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, on March 13, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Trunk of an elephant holds up cucumbers during the Thailand's national elephant day celebration in the ancient city of Ayutthaya on March 13, 2024. Thais honoured the elephant on Monday with special fruits and Buddhist ceremonies across the country to pay homage to their national animals. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A Buddhist monk walks barefoot past Thailand's Ministry of Defence in Bangkok on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP Photo)





Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) and his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra (centre R) wave during a visit to Chiang Mai on March 14, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





A firefighting helicopter picks up water to combat forest fires amid heavy air pollution at Mae Ngat Somboon Chon Dam in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai on March 16, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





The sun sets behind the Wat Saket Temple's Golden Mount, which is undergoing renovation, in Bangkok, Thailand on March 18, 2024. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A Thai performer puts his head inside a crocodile's mouth during a media preview performance as part of preparation to reopen Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, 19 March 2024. Thailand's famous tourist attraction Samutprakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo is scheduled to reopen to welcome tourists on 01 April 2024 after a temporary closure in 2020 due to the loss of visitors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic which resulted in the zoo suffering financial loss and going into liquidation. The Samutprakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo established in 1950 claims to be Thailand's first and the world's largest crocodile farm with more than 60,000 freshwater and marine crocodiles offering crocodile shows to attract tourists as well as housing various other animal showcases including tigers, chimpanzees, elephants. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA)





British Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister David Cameron talks to a pilot as he sits in the cockpit of a Gripen fighter jet on the sidelines of an interview with Reuters at an Air Force Base in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand on March 20, 2024. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A handout photo made available by the Royal Thai Government shows Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin (R) inspecting a rarity albino buffalo next to its owner Jittanart Limthongkul (C) at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, 20 March 2024. The Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin aimed to explore Thailand's buffalo breeding industry after welcoming the rarity four-year-old albino buffalo Ko Muang Phet, 1.8 meters tall and 1400 kilograms of weight, which fetched 500,000 US dollars (18 million baht) and was claimed as Thailand's top giant remarkable breeding buffalo. (Photo by Royal Thai Government/EPA)





The Grand Palace is seen with lights on before Earth Hour in Bangkok, Thailand on March 23, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





The Grand Palace is seen with lights off during Earth Hour in Bangkok, Thailand on March 23, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A Buddhist monk uses a traditional needle to tattoo the body of a man during a religious tattoo festival at Wat Bang Phra monastery in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, on March 23, 2024. Devotees were seen running, growling, shouting, and gesticulating wildly throughout the temple grounds. The sacred images covering their bodies are believed to offer protection, bring good luck, and even heal sickness to those who receive them. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A devotee in trance mimics a beast during a religious tattoo festival at Wat Bang Phra monastery in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, on March 23, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A devotee attends the religious tattoo festival at Wat Bang Phra Monastery in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, on March 23, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A devotee in trance is calmed down by volunteers during a religious tattoo festival at Wat Bang Phra monastery in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, on March 23, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A devotee in trance mimics a beast during a religious tattoo festival at Wat Bang Phra monastery in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, on March 23, 2024. The Buddhist monk Luang Phor Pern, known as the creator of spiritual tattoos, passed away in 2002 at the age of 79, but still has a strong following, particularly during the annual ceremony. During the ceremony, some devotees were seen undergoing a phenomenon where they seemed to embody the spirit of the animals depicted in their tattoos. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A devotee prays as he attends the religious tattoo festival at Wat Bang Phra Monastery, where devotees believe that their tattoos have mystical powers, in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, on March 23, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





Devotees in trance mimic beasts during a religious tattoo festival at Wat Bang Phra monastery in Nakhon Pathom province, Thailand, on March 23, 2024. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A vendor waits for customers behind a row of fans for sale to combat the heat at an electrical appliances store in Bangkok on March 29, 2024. Thailand braces for more hot weather with temperatures expected to rise above 40 degrees during a severe heatwave period, according to the Thai Meteorological Department (TMD). (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)