A flower bud of marijuana is prepared for customers at a Dutch passion shop in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Most Asian nations have strict drug laws with harsh penalties, and Thailand's de facto legalization of marijuana last year has brought a wave of tourists from the region like the visitor from Japan, intrigued by the lure of the forbidden leaf. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Adrian Reyes, representing Canada, prepares backstage before competing in the Miss International Queen pageant on June 24, 2023 in Pattaya, Thailand. Thailand hosts Miss International Queen, the largest and most prestigious international transgender beauty pageant. The pageant, held annually in Pattaya, Thailand is held takes place during Pride month. Throughout Thailand, Thai LGBTQ activists have held Pride events calling for equality and pressuring the incoming government to move forward with legislation that would allow marriage for all. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





An orange cat sits in the waiting area backstage before competing in an orange cat competition on July 02, 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's Cat Fanciers' Club hosted an orange cat competition during a Cat Expo at Bangkok's Central Westgate Mall. Over 70 cats were judged on fur color, health and friendliness. A one year old cat named Chuan Long, after the Chinese Kung Fu boxer, took home first prize. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)





People take pictures of ice cream shaped like tiles of the famous Wat Arun temple, or Temple of Dawn, in Bangkok, Thailand on July 8, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat greets supporters during a rally to thank voters ahead of the vote for a new prime minister on July 13, in Bangkok, Thailand on July 9, 2023. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Relatives and friends of members of the Thai “Wild Boars” youth football team take part in a Buddhist alms ceremony outside the Tham Luang Cave in Mae Sai district in the northern province of Chiang Rai on July 10, 2023, to mark the fifth anniversary of the boys' rescue from the flooded cave. Five years after twelve young footballers trapped in a Thai cave were dramatically pulled to safety in a rescue watched around the world, local officials re-opened more of the site on July 10. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)





Thai seniors, members of Sieng Leng Tai Chi Lumpini Club perform Tai Chi exercise at the Lumpini park in Bangkok, Thailand, 11 July 2023. Thailand is one of the world's fastest-aging societies with more than 12 million elderly Thais of its 67 million population, the majority of them are aged 60-69, according to the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security's Department of Older Persons. World Population Day is observed annually on 11 July. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





A snake handler shows a cobra to an audience during a venom extraction at Queen Saovbha Memorial Institute in Bangkok, Thailand on July 11, 2023. Queen Saovbha Memorial Institute, a research center associated with the Thai Red Cross Society, was established in 1923 as the “Bangkok Snake Farm”. The research establishment has raised venomous snakes for venom extraction and production of antivenom medicine supplied primarily to farmers, hospitals, and people living in Thailand and surrounding countries in the region, where venomous snakes are endemic. The institute also serves as a museum to inform the general public about snakes in Thailand. (Photo by Matt Hunt/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Supporter of Move Forward Party hold a sign during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Thailand's state Election Commission announced Wednesday it has concluded there is evidence that the top candidate to become the country's next prime minister, Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat, has violated election law and has referred his case to the Constitutional Court for a ruling. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Supporters of Move Forward Party shouting outside parliament during the vote counting at the Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Pita, whose Move Forward Party ran first in Thailand's May 14 general election, was nominated to be prime minister at a joint session of Parliament's Upper and Lower House on Thursday, but failed to attain the majority vote needed to win the job, necessitating a new round of voting expected next week. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)





A supporter of Move Forward Party reacts outside parliament during vote counting, in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Photo by Wason Wanichakorn/AP Photo)





People walk past a sculpture of a melting ice lolly outside a shopping mall in Bangkok on July 17, 2023. (Photo by Jack Taylor/AFP Photo)





Beauty pageant contestants pose for a photo at the pink carpet during “Barbie” movie premiere in Bangkok, Thailand on July 19, 2023. People attend the pink carpet world premiere of “Barbie” movie by Warner Bros. (Photo by Matt Hunt/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party holds up his ID card at parliament after Thailand's Constitutional Court ordered his temporary suspension from the parliament, on the day of the second vote for a new prime minister, in Bangkok, Thailand on July 19, 2023. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A supporter of Move Forward Party shouts during a protest outside Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Thailand's Constitutional Court has agreed to suspend the party's leader Pita Limjaroenrat, a candidate to become prime minister, from his duties as a member of Parliament pending its ruling on whether he violated election law. (Photo by Wason Wanitchakron/AP Photo)





Miss Ratchaburi poses with cotton candy at the “Barbie” premiere in Bangkok, Thailand on July 19, 2023. People attend the pink carpet world premiere of “Barbie” movie by Warner Bros. (Photo by Matt Hunt/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





Supporters of the Move Forward Party display mobile phones with flash lights on during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, July 23, 2023. The demonstrators are protesting that Thailand's Constitution is undemocratic, because it allowed Parliament to block the winner of May's general election, the Move Forward Party, from naming its leader named the new prime minister, even though he had assembled an eight-part coalition that had won a clear majority of seats in the House of Representatives. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





Pro-democracy protesters gesture during a demonstration in support of the Move Forward Party in Bangkok on July 23, 2023 after Thailand's parliament blocked the party leader Pita Limjaroenrat's prime ministerial nomination. (Photo by Jack Taylor/AFP Photo)





Thai caretaker Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (C) leads his cabinet and government officials in the salute to the portrait of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun during a ceremony for taking the oath of allegiance to become lawful civil servants, held to mark the king's 71st birthday at the royal grounds of Sanam Luang, outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, 28 July 2023. Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn celebrates his 71st birthday on 28 July 2023. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA)





A fireman sprays water after an explosion occured at a firework warehouse in Narathiwat province southern Thailand, Saturday, July 29, 2023. A large explosion at a fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand on Saturday killed at least nine people and wounded scores, officials said. (Photo y Kriya Tehtani/AP Photo)