People take photos in front of a festive Chinese display outside a shopping mall in Bangkok on January 31, 2022 ahead of Lunar New Year on February 1, which marks the start of the Year of the Tiger. (Photo by Jack Taylor/AFP Photo)





Traditional Chinese lion dancers perform outside a shopping mall in Bangkok on January 31, 2022 ahead of Lunar New Year on February 1, which marks the start of the Year of the Tiger. (Photo by Jack Taylor/AFP Photo)





A woman prays at a shrine to mark the start of the Lunar New Year of the Tiger in Bangkok on February 1, 2022. (Photo by Jack Taylor/AFP Photo)





Thai traditional dancers wearing face masks to help protect themselves from the coronavirus perform at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, February 7, 2022. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A Thai diner tastes the second starter dish of Spicy Red Ants Eggs and the Queen Ant Salad during the Inno.Ento.Food, a chef's table collaboration project with Exofood Thailand at FabCafe in Bangkok, Thailand, 13 February 2022. Exofood Thailand is a progressive organic insect farm and experimentation laboratory focused on developing edible insect species for human and pet consumption as an alternative source of food. The chef's table project collaboration offers a four-course Thai tasting meal made from edible insects. Diners can enjoy two starters, Grilled Pandan Honeycomb and Sour and Spicy Red Ants Eggs along with the Queen Ant Salad followed by the main course of Giant Water Bug served with rice and chili dipping sauce made from three kinds of crickets, and finishing with the Red Palm Weevils coconut ice cream dessert. (Photo by Rungroj Yongrit/EPA/EFE)





LBGTQ+ couples attend same-s*x marriage registration on Valentine's Day as a symbolic movement, as they will be presented with certificates recognising their relationships, but the certificates will not be legally binding in Bang Khun Thian district, Bangkok, Thailand, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





LBGTQ+ couples attend same-s*x marriage registration on Valentine's Day as a symbolic movement, as they will be presented with certificates recognising their relationships, but the certificates will not be legally binding in Bang Khun Thian district, Bangkok, Thailand, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Chalinee Thirasupa/Reuters)





A couple receives their marriage license from an officer during a marriage license signing ceremony on the elephants on Valentine’s Day at tourist attraction site Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Chonburi, Thailand on February 14, 2022. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A woman kneels down to pray at a “Pray and swipe right” event organised by online dating app Tinder, with social-distancing stickers featuring its flame logo on the praying ground, a photo booth where people can take profile pictures for their new accounts, and free offering sets, at the Trimuriti shrine on Valentine's Day in Bangkok, Thailand February 14, 2022. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Screens show devotees gathering via Zoom application during a ceremony to commemorate Makha Bucha Day at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple, following the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, February 16, 2022. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)\





Wat Phra Dhammakaya organized the Virtual International Magha Puja Ceremony by lighting one million lanterns in homage to the Buddha and circumambulation of Dhammakaya Cetiya by the monks and the Dhammacakka chanting celebration on February 16, 2022. The monks throughout the world jointly chant, meditate and spread loving kindness to everyone for the world peace and safety from COVID-19. (Photo by Adirach Toumlamoon/Pacific Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A young girl selects a colorful sticker prior to receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Children aged 5-11 receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) at Bang Sue Central Station in Bangkok on February 20, 2022. (Photo by Matt Hunt/SOPA Images/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A tourist wearing protective masks tours at Wat Pho temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Thailand will ease some entry requirements for foreign visitors as it balances a rising number of coronavirus cases with the need to rebuild its pandemic-damaged economy, the government announced Wednesday. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





A health worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to a woman in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, February 23, 2022. (Photo by Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo)





This aerial photo taken on February 22, 2022 shows floating solar panels for the Sirindhorn Dam hydro-solar farm run by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) in Ubon Ratchathani. (Photo by Jack Taylor/AFP)





Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) pray as they bury a civilian defence volunteer who died from Covid-19 coronavirus at Ban Yakang cemetery in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on February 24, 2022. (Photo by Madaree Tohlala/AFP Photo)





A Malaysian fishing boat is seen close to the shore, after being battered by strong winds and rain overnight, in Takbai district in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on March 2, 2022. (Photo by Madaree Tohlala/AFP Photo)





Elephants enjoy a “buffet” of fruit and vegetables during Thailand's National Elephant Day celebration at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Pattaya, Thailand, March 13, 2022. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A mahout stands next to an elephant during Thailand's National Elephant Day celebration at Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Pattaya, Thailand, March 13, 2022. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)